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Tweet	Animal Information \| For Kids \| Marine Biology \| Education Audio \| Exhibits \| Shark Lagoon A Shark’s Sixth Sense Sharks unique ability to sense electrical impulses in the water. Besides hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, and feeling the world around them, sharks are adapted with a sixth sense that allows them to use electroreceptors called Ampullae de Lorenzini. Learn more about this rare ability that aids sharks in the skilled predation of their prey. Audio Posted: August 25, 2009 \| Running time: 1:14 Loading the player ... Download A Shark’s Sixth Sense for offline listening (1.7 MB)

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A Shark’s Sixth Sense

Sharks unique ability to sense electrical impulses in the water.

Besides hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, and feeling the world around them, sharks are adapted with a sixth sense that allows them to use electroreceptors called Ampullae de Lorenzini. Learn more about this rare ability that aids sharks in the skilled predation of their prey.

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A Shark’s Sixth Sense

Sharks unique ability to sense electrical impulses in the water.

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