It is a fish.
It is long, like a snake.
It lives in water.
Fish are its food.
It can not see well.
It can zap fish.
Words to know
- fish: swims in water
- long: not short
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Sources
- https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/electric-eel
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/facts/electric-eel
- https://aquarium.org/animals/electric-eels/
- https://tnaqua.org/animal/electric-eel/
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- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Electrophorus_electricus/
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/674178
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