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air. In passive electrolocation, objects such as prey are detected by sensing the electric fields they create. In active electrolocation, fish generate

loss in modern monotremes might be related to their development of electrolocation. Monotreme jaws are constructed somewhat differently from those of

"Electrolocation and jamming avoidance in the electric fishGymnarchus niloticus (Gymnarchidae, Mormyriformes)". Journal of Comparative Physiology A.

eel applies a suction-feeding bite. Sachs' organ is associated with electrolocation. Inside the organ are many muscle-like cells, called electrocytes.

muscles. Electric organ discharges (EODs) need to vary with time for electrolocation, whether with pulses, as in the Mormyridae, or with waves, as in the

to live young. Like other monotremes, the platypus has a sense of electrolocation, which it uses to detect prey in water while its eyes, ears and nostrils

obligate air-breathing animals, with poor vision complemented by electrolocation; they mainly eat fish. Electric eels grow for as long as they live

Journal of Comparative Physiology. 77 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1007/BF00696517. S2CID 19690508. Heiligenberg, Walter (1975). "Electrolocation and jamming avoidance

the sand. There are two different forms of electrolocation, passive electrolocation, and active electrolocation, and sharks rely heavily on these for navigation

knifefishes) Most gymnotiforms are weakly electric, capable of active electrolocation but not of delivering shocks. The electric eels, genus Electrophorus