#electroreception — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #electroreception, aggregated by home.social.
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Why Do Treehoppers Have Such Bizarro Body Shapes?
"Treehoppers detect electrical fields emitted by their predators and may also distinguish between electrical fields emitted by their predators and friendly insects."
#treehoppers #insects #BodyShape #morphology #ElectricalFields #Electroreception https://grrlscientist.medium.com/why-do-treehoppers-have-such-bizarro-body-shapes-c60cd937b6a3
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Why Do Treehoppers Have Such Bizarro Body Shapes?
"Treehoppers detect electrical fields emitted by their predators and may also distinguish between electrical fields emitted by their predators and friendly insects."
#treehoppers #insects #BodyShape #morphology #ElectricalFields #Electroreception https://grrlscientist.medium.com/why-do-treehoppers-have-such-bizarro-body-shapes-c60cd937b6a3
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Biologists discover #caterpillars are able to sense #electrostatic fields generated by #predators.
https://phys.org/news/2024-05-biologists-caterpillars-electrostatic-fields-generated.html
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New #BottlenoseDolphin sense discovered: Research suggests they can feel weak electric fields https://phys.org/news/2023-11-bottlenose-dolphin-weak-electric-fields.html
Passive #electroreception in bottlenose #dolphins: implication for micro- and large-scale orientation https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/226/22/jeb245845/334721/Passive-electroreception-in-bottlenose-dolphins
"This helps a #dolphin search for #fish hidden in sediment over the last few centimeters before snapping them up, in contrast to #sharks, the electrosensitive superstars, which are capable of sensing the electric fields of fish within 30–70cm."