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Tweet	Animal Information \| For Kids August 25, 2009 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. Loading the player ... Download A Shark’s Sixth Sense for offline listening (1.7 MB)

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Animal Information | For Kids

August 25, 2009

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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Download A Shark’s Sixth Sense for offline listening (1.7 MB)

Aquarium of the Pacific

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Animal Information | For Kids

August 25, 2009

A Shark’s Sixth Sense

Sharks unique ability to sense electrical impulses in the water.

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