The battery in your phone exists because a physicist in 1799 tried to copy a fish. That fish was the electric eel, and 80% of its body is a living power source.
An electric eel is not an eel. It is a knifefish, closer to catfish than to any real eel. And its body is built… https://t.co/OCIj7X4T70
— Anish Moonka (@anishmoonka) April 10, 2026
Your phone battery has roots in a fish that shocks at 860 volts.