# Semen VS Electricity

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 17, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924 "2005-03-17T03:20:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/21 "2005-03-17T22:42:43Z")

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Electric eel food can be expensive.

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**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2005, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/22 "2005-03-17T23:54:29Z")

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Well, I _do_ have access to a multimeter… but it’s at work, and I’m not going to go back to work to measure the resistance of a load. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/23 "2005-03-18T00:13:38Z")

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> [@Satyagrahi](#):
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> They don’t write stories like that anymore. 🙂

And for good reason, I’d wager.

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**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/24 "2005-03-18T00:37:39Z")

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> [@Satyagrahi](#):
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> They don’t write stories like that anymore. 🙂

And for good reason, I’d wager.

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**Author:** ![Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pasta)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/25 "2005-03-18T03:32:50Z")

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All in the name of science, people. All in the name of science.

resistivity = 55 +/- 8 kiloohm-cm

The error is entirely due to the difficultly in measuring the dimensions of the, umm, sample. Two samples (from the same, umm, batch) gave consistent answers, and I’ve given their weighted average here.

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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/26 "2005-03-18T05:51:19Z")

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I…just…wow.

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**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/27 "2005-03-18T06:42:19Z")

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Now someone has to put said sample under a microscope and see if the little guys survived.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semen-vs-electricity/294924/28 "2005-03-18T07:45:22Z")

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> [@Tentacle Monster](#):
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> Well, I _do_ have access to a multimeter… but it’s at work, and I’m not going to go back to work to measure the resistance of a load. Sorry.

Bravo!

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