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Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

What Makes Electric Eels So Shocking? Lesson 83

Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Eryn Lynum

Education For Kids, Religion & Spirituality, Kids & Family, Christianity

4.8 • 616 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Dive into the amazing world of electric eels: what they really are (spoiler—they’re not true eels!), how their special electric organs work, and how they use electricity to hunt and protect themselves in the rivers of South America.

 Here’s our trail map:

  • What Is the Electric Eel?
  • How Do Electric Eels Make Electricity?
  • How Does the Electric Eel Use Electricity?
  • How Is God a Shield for Us?

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Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.” Psalm 28:7 (NIV)

“You are my refuge and my shield; I have put my hope in your word.” Psalm 119:14 (NIV)

“The LORD is my rock, my protection, my Savior. My God is my rock. I can run to him for safety. He is my shield and my saving strength, my defender.” Psalm 18:2 (NCV)

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 (ESV)

Terms Learned in This Episode:

  • Gymnotiforms: Meaning “naked back.” A category (order) of fish that do not have fins on their back.
  • Organ: A special part inside a body with an important job to do. 
  • Main, Hunter’s and Sachs Organs: Special organs in an electric eel’s body that produce electricity.
  • Cells: Tiny building blocks that make up all living things, like plants, creatures, and humans. They are so small you can only see them with a microscope.
  • Electrocytes: Special cells with positive and negative charges.
  • Weakly Electric Fish: Electric fish in the gymnotiform order that use an invisible electric field around their body to sense what is around them.
  • Strongly Electric Fish: Electric fish in the gymnotiform order that create and emit strong electric currents to zap and stun their prey.
  • Electric Organ Discharge (EOD): When an electric fish sends out an electric pulse or wave.



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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:03.9

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0:08.0

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0:13.5

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0:20.0

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0:25.2

slash club or at the link in our show notes.

0:31.2

Hello world.

0:32.7

Wake me up to another good good morning time to go.

0:39.0

Are you ready to explore God's wild and wonderful world?

0:44.0

Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast.

0:46.8

I'm your host, Aaron Linum.

0:48.6

I'm a certified master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author.

0:52.4

And I am so excited to dive into God's written word,

0:56.8

the Bible, and his created world with you.

1:09.8

Have you ever been shocked by anything?

1:11.6

I'm not talking about being shocked to receive a gift that you were hoping for on your birthday.

1:17.6

Or being shocked when you learn something new in nature that is so amazing, you can't even believe it.

1:24.6

I'm talking about being shocked by electricity. When I was a young girl,

1:30.9

I was once shocked when I plugged a vacuum cleaner into an outlet. Now, thankfully, I was fine,

1:37.6

but it did hurt. And more recently, when I was out walking our dog, I stopped to chat with a neighbor, and our dog got a little curious about our neighbor's sheep.

1:49.1

She got too close to their electric fence, and it zapped her nose.

1:53.6

Thankfully, she was just fine also, but she definitely learned not to get too curious or too close to the sheep.

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