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Subject:

Detection of buried fish by hammerhead sharks

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John Kirkwood <[log in to unmask]>

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Academic forum on fisheries ecology and related topics <[log in to unmask]>

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Tue, 8 Apr 1997 15:18:28 +1000

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I have recently seen a video which showed hammerhead sharks preying on
flatfish which had buried themselves in the sand. The narrator said that the
sharks were able to locate buried fish by detecting electrical impulses made
by their prey.

Does anybody out there know of any published sources which describe this
behaviour, or the electrosensory organs of hammerhead sharks?


 Dr John Kirkwood
 Southern Fisheries Centre
 PO Box 76, Deception Bay 4508, Queensland, Australia
 Ph: 61 - 7 - 3817 9587 Fax: 61 - 7 - 3817 9555
 E-mail: [log in to unmask]


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