Elephantnose Fish ‘Sees’ by Doing an Electric Boogie

Elephantnose Fish ‘Sees’ by Doing an Electric Boogie

Source: scientificamerican

11/6/2023

Credit: Leonid Serebrennikov/Alamy Stock Photo

The goofy-looking elephantnose fish “sees” its environment in three dimensions by creating a weak electric field and doing a little shimmy

Bats and dolphins are deservedly famous for their echolocation, but the elephantnose fish has a different superpower sense—electrolocation. And now new research suggests this bizarre-looking creature has to do an underwater jig to create the three-dimensional electric map it uses to “see” its surroundings.

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