• Gladaed@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    If it created a lot of energy it would need to much food. The beauty of electric defense is that very little energy deposited has an outsized effect, by attacking your electronics directly potentially even killing.

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      The water also reduces the electrical resistivity of skin so less power is needed to be harmful (at least for humans, some fish and reptiles are a different story)