Trait CollectionSuperpowers & Defense

Electric Discharge

Electrocyte cell stacks aligned in series to discharge high-voltage shocks up to 860 volts for hunting and self-defense.

3 creatures with this trait

A night hunter of the Nile and Lake Chad wrapped in a living battery, from a genus that can discharge up to 350 volts.

170-to-220-volt shocks from a honeycomb of barely visible electric organs, and jaws that stretch to swallow surprisingly big fish.

The biological super-battery that hit 860 volts, the strongest electric discharge known from any living animal.