Ian, I love these, "The ampullae cells are developmentally related to the fluid sensing hair cells found in fish lateral lines and human ears. And one of the genes that's important for both hair cell ...

(A and B) Skates and sharks locate their prey by detecting the weak electric fields naturally generated by biomechanical activity. (C) A network of electrosensory organs called the ampullae of ...

WHEN the ampullæ of Lorenzini were first studied experimentally (see ref. 1), they were considered to be sensitive to mechanical stimuli like the other organs of the acoustico-lateralis system.

Electric shark repellent technology was first proposed in the 1990s, based on the special short-range electric receptor system sharks have called the ampullae of Lorenzini. Located on their snout ...