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Originally Posted by johndallman
While completely immersed in a conducting fluid? Seawater is a reasonable conductor, and the charge will simply leak away through the water . . . and probably not preferentially through creatures adapted to life underwater.
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Various electric fish will use electric discharges for defense and capturing prey. The electric rays of the
Torpedo genus (really) are probably the best example, capable of giving dangerous jolts in their natural habitat of sea water.
Luke