Fish · #430 biggest of 1,014
How big is the electric eel?
2 m
The electric eel measures 2 m. That's about 23 credit cards lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 2 meters, or about 6.56 feet.
- It stands a little taller than an average adult (1.7 m).
- Roughly 23 credit cards could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #430 by size.
Size comparison
How electric eel stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
Velociraptor
2 m
mattress
2 m
door
2 m
great blue heron
2 m
electric eel
2 m
stingray
2 m
leatherback sea turtle
2 m
monitor lizard
2 m
stepladder
2 m
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
You could line up roughly 0.85 of them along the height of an average person.
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