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DEDICATION: Biologist reaches into electric eel tank, comes out with equation to measure shocks.

Electric eels’ leaping behavior had been described by Alexander von Humboldt way back in the 1800s. Humboldt claimed to have witnessed a dramatic battle between electric eels and horses in the Amazon. But, Catania says, “No one really necessarily believed it, or if they did, they thought it was just kind of weird.” Whatever they thought, it was more or less forgotten.

To understand the dynamics of the electrical circuit created when an eel contacts another animal, Catania developed an apparatus to accurately measure the strength of the electric current through a human arm when the electric eels leapt in attack. Catania put that apparatus to use with his own arm and a relatively small, and therefore less powerful, eel.

As reported in the new study, the electrical current delivered by the eel peaked at 40-50 milliamps. That’s more than enough to cause a person or animal considerable pain, but not enough to actually hurt them. In a video, one can see Catania’s arm reflexively pull back, an involuntary reaction similar to what would happen if you touched a hot stove.

“It’s impressive that a little eel could deliver that much electricity,” Catania says. Of course, they have good reason as they may encounter crocodiles, predatory cats, and “who knows what else,” he adds. “We don’t know the main driver of the behavior, but they need to deter predators, and I can tell you it’s really good at that. I can’t imagine an animal that had received this [jolt] sticking around.”

The video is definitely squirm-inducing.

EVERGREEN GOT OFF LIGHT: Evergreen State College settles claim with embattled professors for $500,000.

CASSINI: So Long, And Thanks For All The Pics.

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MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE ARABIAN GULF: Task Force 50 in formation. The USS Nimitz, USS Princeton, the French navy air defense destroyer FS Jean Bart and the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Newcastle.

JUST LIKE HITLER: Full text of President Trump’s Rosh Hashanah call to Jewish leaders: President says he is ‘proud to stand with the Jewish people,’ condemns anti-Semitism, stresses ‘I love Israel,’ and hopes peace ‘actually could happen.’

THE NEW YORK TIMES OBITUARY FOR JERRY POURNELLE.

PREPPER LESSONS FROM HURRICANE HARVEY.

MICHAEL LEDEEN: Who’s a Fascist? Why Does it Matter?

DRIP, DRIP: The Awan breach on Capitol Hill gets murkier and leads to more questions.

AN OPEN LETTER TA-NEHISII COATES. “Because I write as a black immigrant who chose to live in the United States, whose biggest hope as a child was to become an American citizen, and who chose to embrace the American Dream you condemn, please consider these words my Declaration of Independence—an independence that only my beloved America could have given to me.”

Coates’ schtick has grown tedious, but it’s what he’s got.

JOHN DVORAK REMEMBERS JERRY POURNELLE.

FROM CAPTAIN KIRK, TO MEN’S RIGHTS ACTIVIST:

SORRY, BUT DONALD TRUMP IS A SYMPTOM OF THE CORRUPTION OF THE PRESIDENCY — WHICH HAS HAPPENED WITH THE WILLING ASSISTANCE OF ACADEMIA AND THE PRESS FOR A HUNDRED YEARS — not its cause.

BUT HEY, THEY’RE “PRO SCIENCE”:  SJW Profs Want Article Pulled Because of Pro-Colonialism Findings.

WHERE ELSE WOULD YOU GO TO DECIPHER SATAN’S DICTATION?  Dark web helps decipher 361-year-old ‘letter from Lucifer’.  Okay, maybe Washington DC, but other than that.

BUT THE NHS SAY THEY’RE VERY, VERY SORRY:  Doctors took three years to realize I had a broken neck.

OKAY, BUT WHY DO THEY WANT TO GIVE UP OUR RIGHTS, TOO?  Half of millennials would give up their rights to get out of debt.

SINGLE PAYER IS LIKE COMMUNISM, A BAD IDEA WHOSE TIME THE LEFT WISHES TO FORCE:  Some Democrats decide the time is ripe for single-payer .  And both kill people.

BOOBIES!  IS THERE ANYTHING THEY CAN’T DO?  Sports Guy Clay Travis Said He Loves Boobs and Almost Broke CNN. [VIDEO]

THIS IS HOW SCARED THE LEFT IS OF FREE SPEECH:  #BenAtBerkeley: Triggered Cupcakes Melt In Berkeley Over Ben Shapiro Lecture.

CULTURAL APPROPRIATION IS THE AMERICAN WAY:  Hot Chili, Green Chili, Hatch Chili.

EXPLAINING THE RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME IS LIKE EXPLAINING MOON FERRETS. YOU CAN SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT, THEY STILL DON’T EXIST:  The Rise in Violent Crime has been Caused By…

DOING THE “ROLL LEFT AND DIE”:  DC Comics goes full retard.