In a Japanese aquarium, at least one Christmas tree is completely powered off the grid. It's power source? An electric eel. Two aluminum panels in the tank act as electrodes - capturing the eel's electricity and sending it to the tree at the Aqua Tote Gifu aquarium, where it is proving to be quite a tourist draw.
This tree is completely immune to any power outages, and will be illuminated until December 25th.
Perhaps more could be done with Eel-ectricity in the future? No word was given as to the efficiency of the power conversion, or overall effect on the eel in question.
