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Categories: Perception, Electroreceptive animals, Ichthyology, Ethology, Physiology
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electroreception  electroreception and electrogenesis  Passive electrolocation in fish  active electrolocation  ampullary organ
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Electroreception and electrogenesis are the closely related biological abilities to perceive electrical stimuli and to generate electric fields. Wikipedia
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Electroreception and electrogenesis are the closely related biological abilities to perceive electrical stimuli and to generate electric fields. Wikipedia
Sensory of electric fields by organisms Wikipedia Disambiguation
detection and measurement of weak electric fields, via specialized sense organs and brain structures that process this information Wikidata
The biological ability to perceive electrical impulses, used for electrolocation and electrocommunication and particularly common among aquatic creatures (since salt water is a more efficient conductor than air). Wiktionary
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sensory perception
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electroreception and electrogenesis
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electroreception
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active electrolocation, ampullary organ, Ampullary organs, ampullary receptor, bioelectrogenesis, bioelectrogenic, Edit -"Bioelectrogenesis", Electric field proximity sensing, Electrical animal, Electroception, electrocommunication, electrogenesis, electrogenic, electrolocation, electroreception, electroreceptive, electroreceptor, electroreceptors, electrosensory, Electrosensory system, Passive electrolocation in fish, Passive Electrolocation in Fish, Sensing electricity

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