Electric rays can discharge because they have specialized discharge organs located on the inside of their pectoral fins behind their heads. Their electric discharge organs are transformed from muscles, in which there are many tubular columnar cells, forming "electric plates". The upper part of the electric plate is a positive electrode, and the lower part is a negative electrode. When encountering enemies or prey, the nervous system of electric rays transmits discharge signals. When the discharge organ receives this signal, it will convert nerve energy into electrical energy and generate current from top to bottom.
1. Why can electric rays discharge
? Electric rays are very special fish. From the appearance, they are quite special, the whole is very flat, the head and chest are connected together, and their tail is like a thick stick. Another outstanding feature of electric rays is that they can discharge electricity, which is why they get their name. Torpedoes use this ability to protect themselves when they encounter enemies, and it can also play an important role when torpedoes hunt, allowing them to get food without much effort.
Electric rays can discharge electricity because they have a special discharge structure in their body structure. This structure is on the inside of the pectoral fin behind their heads, one on each side, and they are transformed from muscles. They are made up of many specialized cells that are tubular columns with a jelly-like substance between them. These cells are combined into "electric plates", and many "electric plates" constitute the electric organ of electric rays. When electric rays are in danger or prey, they first use the nervous system to transmit a preference for discharge, and then the discharge organs will discharge. As mentioned
above, electric rays can discharge because they have special discharge organs, which are transformed from muscles on the inside of their pectoral fins. Inside, there are tube-shaped cells, which are combined into "electric plates", and then combined into a whole electric organ. Researchers have studied the structure of these "electric plates" and found that they have positive and negative poles, among which those with nerve endings are positive poles and those without are negative poles. It can be seen that the electric ray's electric organ is similar to the battery.
