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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

they also arnt EELs, they are a type of knifefish, which are a sister clade to CATFISH, which also can produce electricity in some species.

[–] Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

yes they do, but not as a useful, well defined category in biology.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

it's a morphological category, not cladistic.

Like how "tree" is any plant with a thick robust trunk and branchy crown.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

not until i shove my legs into soil