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Monday, June 27, 2016

The Elephantnose Fish

Science Daily: Small brain, astounding performance: How elephantnose fish switch between electrical, visual sense
summary - The elephantnose fish explores objects in its surroundings by using its eyes or its electrical sense -- sometimes both together. Zoologists have now found out how complex the processing of these sensory impressions is. With its tiny brain, the fish achieves performance comparable to that of humans or mammals.

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