Name: Electric eel
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Scientific name: Electrophorus
electricus
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Range: Amazon regions
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Habitat: The electric eel is
found in the Amazon Basin, in marshy areas or stagnant arms of rivers -
areas where other fishes find it difficult to live because of the deficiency
of dissolved oxygen.
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Status: Not currently
threatened or endangered, but may be in the future due to habitat destruction.
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Diet in the wild: Eat
other fish, clams, shrimp, insects, worms, plants, and refuse.
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| Diet
in the zoo: Shrimp chunks |
Location in the zoo: James
R. Record Aquarium
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LaTasha
Cormier
