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    • Looking up at lorenzini pores on snout of tiger shark underwater
    Rights: Albert Kok, licensed under GNU Free Documentation License and CC Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Published 10 May 2011 Size: 110 KB Referencing Hub media

    Nose of a shark showing ampullae of Lorenzini. The ampullae of Lorenzini allow sharks to detect changes in the electromagnetic field caused by fish.

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      Non-visual sensory systems of fish

      How do you know what’s happening if you can’t see? Humans rely on their sense of sight and seeing to make sense of their world. We mainly use our eyes to work out where we are, who we are with ...

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