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Limits RegistrySharks and rays can detect electric fields as weak as about 0.005 microvolts per centimeter using their ampullae of Lorenzini — the most sensitive electroreception of any known animal, sensitive enough to detect the faint bioelectric fields generated by a prey animal's muscle contractions buried in sand.
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Sharks and rays can detect electric fields as weak as about 0.005 microvolts per centimeter using their ampullae of Lorenzini — the most sensitive electroreception of any known animal, sensitive enough to detect the faint bioelectric fields generated by a prey animal's muscle contractions buried in sand.
The lowest electric field strength documented as behaviorally or electrophysiologically detectable by any animal's sensory system, as measured in comparative sensory physiology studies.
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Limits Registry. LR-MOST-SENSITIVE-ANIMAL-ELECTRORECEPTION. Most sensitive electrical field detection by any animal. 2026.