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Sharks are equipped with organs on the underside of their snouts - gel filled pits called ampullae of Lorenzini - that allow them to detect electromagnetic fields from their intended food, Burgess said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Sharks are equipped with organs on the underside of their snouts - gel filled pits called ampullae of Lorenzini - that allow them to detect electromagnetic fields from their intended food, Burgess said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Sharks are equipped with organs on the underside of their snouts - gel filled pits called ampullae of Lorenzini - that allow them to detect electromagnetic fields from their intended food, Burgess said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Sharks are equipped with organs on the underside of their snouts - gel filled pits called ampullae of Lorenzini - that allow them to detect electromagnetic fields from their intended food, Burgess said.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Sharks are equipped with organs on the underside of their snouts - gel filled pits called ampullae of Lorenzini - that allow them to detect electromagnetic fields from their intended food, Burgess said.
innovations-report 2009
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There are dilatations, called ampullae, at the anterior base of the anterior, and at the posterior base of the posterior and horizontal canals.
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The tiny, jelly-filled capsules, called ampullae of Lorenzini, are sensitive to electrical discharge as minute as .005 microvolts.
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Humans (unlike sharks with their ampullae of lorenzini that detect magnetic fields) have 5-senses.
7/7 Bombs – Police To Blame SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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But when you get thousands of ampulls ampullae missing -Hilleary: Were they missing?
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The tiny, jelly-filled capsules, called ampullae of Lorenzini, are sensitive to electrical discharge as minute as .005 microvolts.
Dr. Reese Halter: Protecting Great White Sharks Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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"'And when you come to see our dysentery here on Friday, please bring me half a dozen of Michel's finest glass ampullae.'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Surgeon's Mate, 331
Singular ampulla.
February 9, 2008