#electric eel

We have tons of photos from the 40s, 50s, and 60s of staff members posing with models.

Two “Man Killers” the Electric eel and the piranha were added to the hall of fishes in 1947.

We thought this electric eel made a pretty fun prop.

© The Field Museum, GN84155.

Mrs. Helen Moyer holding large model of an eel.

1947 

“…the voltage running through her skin…”