Electric eel tank

A very clever exhibit; the small tank houses an electric eel, whilst the sensors above the tank bleep and light up appropriately on sensing an electrical impulse.
Photo taken on the 6th February 2010.

That is clever - great idea.

They have a very similar meter at the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy, UT.

I remember similar apparatus in the RP aquarium at least 25 years ago, although I don't recall it working!

There is a similar set up in Vancouver for elephant noses, abas and other african mormyrids. I think they have it set up to make sound too.

That's interesting - I don't think I've ever seen this kind of set up used for anything other than electric eels. The thing that interested me most in Artis was the way that such a small, gloomy tank grabbed so many visitors' attention with such a simple device. Below is a photo of the tank at Zurich, which works in a similar way.