- air. In p****ive
electrolocation,
objects such as prey are
detected by
sensing the
electric fields they create. In
active electrolocation, fish generate...
- is
probably for the
German naturalist Wilhelm Peters. The fish uses
electrolocation to find prey, and has the
largest brain-to-body
oxygen use
ratio of...
-
other monotremes, the
platypus senses prey in
cloudy water through electrolocation. It is one of the few
species of
venomous mammals, as the male platypus...
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Bluntnose knifefishes produce an
electric discharge pattern similar to the
electrolocation pattern of the
dangerous electric eel,
probably a form of Batesian...
- muscles.
Electric organ discharges (EODs) need to vary with time for
electrolocation,
whether with pulses, as in the Mormyridae, or with waves, as in the...
-
detect the
electrical change. The EODs are used for two
major purposes:
electrolocation and communication. The kind of EOD
produced can be used to distinguish...
-
Active electrolocation.
Conductive objects concentrate the
field and
resistive objects spread the field....
- Sawfish, also
known as
carpenter sharks, are a
family of rays
characterized by a long, narrow,
flattened rostrum, or nose extension,
lined with
sharp transverse...
-
Batesian mimicry,
while some
weakly electric fish
appear to
mimic the
electrolocation signals of
strongly electric fish,
probably constituting electrical...
-
obligate air-breathing animals, with poor
vision complemented by
electrolocation; they
mainly eat fish.
Electric eels grow for as long as they live...
