If the Eel is the positive terminal, where’s the negative terminal? If you’re grounded by the water, would that mean the Eel can only shock you if you are in the water too? If the water is the final destination, why wouldn’t the current directly go from the Eel to the water? Why would it take a high resistance path through your body?
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so the whole electricity takes the path of least resistance thing is misleading, electricity takes all paths, paths with less resistance will see more current, but all paths are taken
so basically what the electric eel does is that it has both the positive and negative on its body, however the current flows through the water around it, so the water around it will also be electrified, and anything near enough though it will become part of the circuit and be shocked
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