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Name an entity that possesses electric organs?


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Torpedo:

  1. Torpedo is a genus of rays, commonly known as electric rays, torpedo rays, or torpedoes.
  2. They are slow-moving bottom-dwellers capable of generating electricity as a defense and feeding mechanism.
  3. The electric organs of torpedo are pair of kidney-shaped organs at the base of pectoral fins.
  4. It is generally positioned laterally to gills, into anterior to mid-section of both the pectoral fins.

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