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Loading...Electric Eel Powers Aquarium Christmas Tree (Video)
All kinds of businesses set up Christmas trees to celebrate the holiday season, but none of them are powered as creatively as one tree in Kamakura, Japan.
Kamakura’s Enoshima Aquarium decided to skip the electrical outlet and went right to the natural source to power their holiday tree–a tank with a swimming electric eel.
“Each time the eel moves, two aluminium panels gather enough electricity to light up the 2-metre (6 ft 6 in) tall tree, decked out in white, in glowing intermittent flashes,” reports Reuters.
The aquarium, which is just south of Tokyo, has featured the electric eel for five years in an effort to encourage ecological sensitivity.
See the eel-powered tree in action!
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That is so interesting!!!
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Awesome.
Even though it is a cool idea, I think it's still a big animal abuse. Look at the size of the tank and the environment that's in it! It's all empty! Just who believes that this fish is enjoying it's life? Damn Japanese and their fish treatment!
It's amazing how eel can light up the Christmas Tree. Yes, it is small tank. I am sure it will be temporary when Christmas is over. He might back in his old tank.
Fascinating.
credit the ingenuity. lets hope the eel can be somehow rewarded, unfortunately I would guess after all the time he's been in the tank he might not be able to be out where he belongs...
The thought to use the electricity so it does'n go to waste is nice, but we're talking about living creatures here...
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