Like the weakly electric fish, the electric eel uses its signals to navigate and communicate, but it reserves its strongest electric discharges for hunting using a two-phased attack that susses out and then incapacitates its prey.

与弱电鱼一样，电鳗利用其信号进行导航，但会强的放电用于捕猎，使用两阶段攻击来捕捉猎物， 然后使猎物失去能力。