What are all those spots on the underside of this shark, and what do they do? Any guesses?
Answer: To hunt prey, a shark depends on its “ampullae of Lorenzini,” a series of jelly-filled canals on its snout that sense electrical impulses. Combined with the sense of smell, this “force-field” detector makes the white shark an efficient predator.
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such cool creatures
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These are of course sensory tools, as far as I remember. Sort of taste/smell things, I think.
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sensors. They help the...electric currents coming from
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Lorenzini which give sharks their “6th sense”...impluses given off by animals
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Lorenzini! They’re...electroreceptors. Sharkey freckles~ They
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Ooh! A prickly shark! It’s covered in dermal denticles hence the “prickly” name.
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