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The goofy-looking elephantnose fish “sees” its environment in three dimensions by creating a weak electric field and doing a little shimmy. 
Bats and dolphins are deservedly famous for their echolocation, but the elephantnose fish has a different superpower sense—electrolocation.

<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elephantnose-fish-sees-by-doing-an-electric-boogie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LINK</a> (Scientific American)

The goofy-looking elephantnose fish “sees” its environment in three dimensions by creating a weak electric field and doing a little shimmy. Bats and dolphins are ...{ai:summary}The elephantnose fish can "see" in 3D by creating an electric field. It uses electrolocation as a superpower sense. #science

Elephantnose Fish ‘Sees’ by Doing an Electric Boogie

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