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References:
[1]https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstl.1775.0011
[2] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11690-z
[3] https://www.uwa.edu.au/study/-/media/Faculties/Science/Docs/Electric-eels.pdf
[4] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00303239
[5] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25477462/
[6] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.7121