[Ehhh?][JAPAN] Electric eels powering up Christmas trees

With Japan promoting ecology awareness, some shop keepers are looking to new ways to power a Christmas tree.  How about electric eels?  Eh?

Mainichi Daily News reported, “An aquarium filled with exotic fish here is using an electric eel to power lights on a Christmas tree.”"Each time the electric eel at the Aqua Toto Gifu aquarium touches a copper wire in its tank, it sends power that lights up globes decking a Christmas tree.”

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