1, electric eel can be eaten.

2, electric eel meat flavorful and nutritious. Although it can release a strong current, but the indigenous people of South America to use the electric eel continuous discharge, need to rest for a period of time and replenish the rich food, in order to restore the original discharge strength of the characteristics of the first will be a group of cattle and horses down the river, so that the electric eel is provoked by the continuous discharge, to be the electric eel discharge exhausted, you can directly capture the electric eel.

Expanded Information:

1. The electric eel, an eel-shaped South American fish in the family of the naked-backed electric eel, is known in Latin as Electrophorus electricus, and is capable of generating currents strong enough to knock out a person. Freshwater fish, the output voltage can reach 300 to 800 volts, so the electric eel has a water "high voltage line" called.

2. It is not a true eel, but a close relative of the catfish. The electric eel was selected as one of the "Earth's most feared freshwater animals" by the U.S. National Geographic magazine website. There are dozens of known species of electricity-generating fish in the world, and other fish that can discharge electricity include electric catfish and electric rays.

3, the electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) distribution in the Amazon Basin of South America in the Guiana region, more in the shallow pools and swamps or turbid water activities on the shore, the body size is very large, is the origin of the famous edible fish. Its high discharge ability makes it a very famous fish, and it can be used as a display fish or ornamental fish in aquariums.

Reference: