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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