Mastodawn

Albert Cardona Dec 18, 2024

On active sensing on the brown ghost knifefish, an electric fish:

"Why the brown ghost chirps at night"
Oboti et al. 2024
https://elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/88287

#neuroscience #ActiveSensing #ElectricFish

Why the brown ghost chirps at night

llewelly Dec 9, 2024

time to listen to @KateShaw 's new episode about the electric catfish: https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2024/12/09/episode-473-electric-catfish/

#fish
#catfish
#electric
#electricFish

ps, Electric Catfish Therapy would make a great band name, if anyone is in search of one.

Episode 473: Electric Catfish | Strange Animals Podcast

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Mar 6, 2024

#Scientists uncover evidence for a new form of collective sensing in electric elephantnose fish
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-scientists-uncover-evidence-electric-elephantnose.html

Collective sensing in #ElectricFish https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07157-x

"the #fish have evolved sensory abilities akin to networked #radar and #sonar systems, whose multiple units can collaborate to detect objects further out and in more detail than can lone unconnected units."

Scientists uncover evidence for a new form of collective sensing in electric elephantnose fish

It would be a game-changer if all members of a basketball team could see out of each other's eyes in addition to their own. A research duo at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute has found evidence that this kind of collective sensing occurs in close-knit groups of African weakly electric fish, also known as elephantnose fish. This instantaneous sharing of sensory intelligence could help the fish locate food, friends and foes.

Phys.org