Sentences with word «electroreception»

The only mammal with electroreception, it uses sensors in its bill to detect electrical impulses sent out by prey in murky water.

He thinks it's possible that even bottlenose dolphins, the most well - known of dolphin species, have electroreception because of the pits on their beaks and propensity for bottom feeding — sometimes even with sponges on their noses.

Even if a shark can't see, hear or smell you, it can still track you down using its electroreception.

The researchers expect that electroreception, as this sense is called, will be found in other cetacean species.

The company has tested shark deterrent in South African waters and cites testimonials and research papers addressing the effectiveness of «electroreception» in sharks.

Monotremes (platypuses and echidnas) are the only mammals apart from at least one species of dolphin that have electrolocation (electroreception): the ability to locate prey by detecting electric fields generated by muscular contractions.