The science behind a shark's electric radar A shark's world is not just sight and smell. At close range, it is also electricity. Every movement in the water creates a signal, and the ampullae of Lorenzini are tuned to pick it up. Here's how the...

Sharks can feel your heartbeat in the water thanks to an electroreception system anchored on a device called ampullae of Lorenzini. Here's how the sensory superpower built into every shark works.

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Why Do Treehoppers Have Such Bizarro Body Shapes?

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Unveiling the Shark’s Electric Sense: How a Hidden World Rewrote Biology Discover the shark's extraordinary electric sense, the ampullae of Lorenzini, enabling them to detect minute electrical fields for hunting and navigation.

Beyond Sight: The Astonishing Electric World of Sharks Revealed
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Why Do Treehoppers Have Such Bizarro Body Shapes? study out of University of Bristol, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#insects🐝 #entomology #morphology #evolution #electroreception www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Insect X-Men: Helmets help these odd bugs sense electric fields Ability may help treehoppers distinguish friend from foe

“But the appendage isn’t just for show: It gives these sedentary herbivores the superpower of detecting electric fields, perhaps helping them distinguish friend from foe”

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Really cool article in @pnas.org on #electroreception for #predatordetection gets well-deserved #CozzarelliPrize2024 🏅 Congratulations @samjakeengland.bsky.social and Daniel Robert 🥳🥳🥳↘️ doi.org/10.1073/pnas... ↙️

Hummingbird flower mites use static electricity to travel Hummingbird flower mites use static electricity to hop between flowers. Researchers initially thought scent guided them.

Hummingbird flower mites use static electricity to travel: Hummingbird flower mites use static electricity to hop between flowers. Researchers initially thought scent guided them.

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Characterization of the physical electrical forces acting between predatory wasps and prey caterpillars. The dashed line denotes transition from negative to positive charge values. (B) Two-dimensional slice through the center of a three-dimensional computational model of the electric field strength between a wasp and a caterpillar situated on the stem of a plant. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2322674121

TIL #electroreception is not just for aquatic organisms. Some caterpillars can detect and respond to an electrostatic field produced by predatory wasps. 🧪 #TheMoreYouKnow
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Today, I will give a talk about the magnetic #compass in #Cataglyphis ants🐜 invited by @K_Corthals and @BartGeurten. Do not miss the symposium 20 "Hidden Senses" at #NWG2023 @NeuroforumNWG covering #thermoreception🌡, #hygrosensation💧, #magnetoreception🧭 & #electroreception⚡️