The average shock from an electric eel lasts about two-thousandths of a second. The pain isn’t searing — unlike, say, sticking your finger in a wall socket — but isn’t pleasant: a brief muscle contraction, then numbness.

Human deaths from electric eels are extremely rare. However, multiple shocks can cause respiratory or heart failure, and people have been known to drown in shallow water after a stunning jolt.

No, you would not. But the electric eel does generate its own electricity. To do this, electric eels have thousands of modified nerve or muscle tissue cells, called electrocytes, arranged in parallel stacks along the length of its body that are specialized for producing electricity.

Around 0.01 amps of sustained 110-volt house current are enough to kill an average-sized house cat. Twice this produces severe burns even in big animals like humans.

It is not the Voltage that can kill humans, it is the current that kills. Humans have died at as low as 42 volts. Time is also a factor. A current of 0.1 ampere for a mere 2 seconds can be fatal.

A: Invisible electric fences are not the safest or most humane solution for keeping cats inside yards. In calm circumstances, the fences normally keep cats within the designated boundaries. They can fail if a cat is highly agitated, excited or intent on hunting.

Power lines and electrified fences are killing birds, monkeys, pangolins and even elephants in surprising numbers. But the fencing also has a deadly, unintended side effect: It frequently kills smaller animals, particularly birds and reptiles that scientists are eager to conserve.

Can an electric fence hurt a dog? Yes, because of the electrical charge passing through the wires, your dog will experience short-term pain. However, the pain isn’t immense, so it shouldn’t kill a dog.

“MythBusters” also found that peeing on an electric fence can be a shocking experience. Because the fence is higher off the ground than a train track is, urine won’t have time to separate into droplets, and the current can travel up the stream.

No, an electric fence is not dangerous. The voltage being sent through the wires is high, but the current or amplification (amps) is very low. A 220-volt shock will hurt just as much as a 10,000-volt shock, as long as the current or amps are the same.

TOUCH IT WITH GRASS Another option is to touch it with a stick or a blade of grass. This is also not recommended. This will dampen the sensation, but again, doesn’t tell you much about how well the system is working. However, this is a much safer method than touching it with any part of your body.