What to electric eels eat?

Electric eels are carnivorous and their diet mainly consists of fish, insects, crustaceans, molluscs, and small vertebrates like amphibians and reptiles. These predators use their electric discharges as a primary hunting mechanism, stunning or incapacitating their prey before consuming them. Electric eels have specialized electrocytes in their bodies that help them generate strong electrical fields, which they release when hunting or defending themselves. Electric eels are found in freshwater habitats of South America, primarily in the Amazon and Orinoco River basins.