A new study by a professor from the Vanderbilt University in Tennessee has shed light on the stunning abilities of electric eels. The remarkable creatures twist their body into a horseshoe-like shape to deliver double the voltage they deliver to prey, according to the study.

In a statement, the university said Catania studied the technique used by Amazon's electric eel to paralyze and catch its prey. Catania spent about three years and found new aspects of the creature's sophisticated attacks, the university added.

According to the study published in the scientific journal Current Biology, when an eel is defending itself or trying to catch a prey, it can emit electrical discharges of about 600 volts, but when the creature bends its body around its prey, it can double the power of an electrical shock.

Kenneth Catania, a neurobiologist at the university and author of the study, said, "Electric eels have been viewed as unsophisticated, primitive creatures that have a single play in their playbook: shocking prey to death. But it turns out that they can manipulate their electric fields in an intricate fashion that gives them a number of remarkable abilities".

Last year in a study, Catania discovered that electric shocks of an eel works like a Taser. The creature gives shocks that leave the prey unable to move. Catania said there is no other animal than eel on the earth that can take control of another animal's body.