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- Organs detect electrical currents: great white shark
- Electrosensitivity used to navigate: rattlesnake
- Sensory mucous glands detect prey: platypus
- Electricity helps communications: mormyrid electric eels
- Chin used to hunt: elephantnose fish
- Senses help avoid storms: swifts
- Mating flights associated with thunderstorms: moths
- Sensitivity encourages return to hive before storm: bees
- Navigation underwater: whales
- Eyes 'see' magnetic fields: garden warbler
- Fish respond to magnetic fields: rainbow trout
- Achieving precise alignment: sea slug
- Navigating without landmarks: rock pigeon
- Body detects magnetic fields: honeybee
- Orienting using Earth's magnetic field: Aquaspirillum bacteria
- Electrosensory systems provide spacial orientation: weakly electric fish
