- air. In p****ive
electrolocation,
objects such as prey are
detected by
sensing the
electric fields they create. In
active electrolocation, fish generate...
-
Bluntnose knifefishes produce an
electric discharge pattern similar to the
electrolocation pattern of the
dangerous electric eel,
probably a form of Batesian...
- 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...
- 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...
- to live young. Like
other monotremes, the
platypus has a
sense of
electrolocation,
which it uses to
detect prey in
cloudy water. It is one of the few...
-
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...
-
obligate air-breathing animals, with poor
vision complemented by
electrolocation; they
mainly eat fish.
Electric eels grow for as long as they live...
- for
defense or hunting. It is also too
irregular to be
useful for
electrolocation purposes. The most
reasonable explanation in the
literature suggests...
-
Active electrolocation.
Conductive objects concentrate the
field and
resistive objects spread the field....
-
Batesian mimicry,
while some
weakly electric fish
appear to
mimic the
electrolocation signals of
strongly electric fish,
probably constituting electrical...
