Video: Help Name The Electric Eel At The New York Aquarium!
Aug. 17, 2011, 5:01 p.m.
May we suggest: Eeliot Spitzer ("'Cause he's electric in bed!'")
Photo courtesy of the NY Aquarium
There's a new fish in town at the New York Aquarium, and he's a real slick fellow...but as of right now, this sleek electric eel has no name. But you can change all that!
The Aquarium is accepting nominations for the eel, which is native to the streams and lakes of South America. He lives in the aquarium’s Explore the Shore exhibit, where he catches shrimp and capelin fish by stunning them with a 650-volt electric shock (that's about five times the power of a standard walls socket).
Submit your idea at the Aquarium's website now! Here's a few ideas: Eeli Whitney, Shockey, Terry Tesla, Con Eddie, Eelvis Presely, and Eeliot Spitzer ("'Cause he's electric in bed!'"); and a clip of the eel in action:
