Sharks seem to have little to no problem navigating the depths of the dark ocean waters, and scientists are attributing this to their “special electricity-sensing pores,” (known as ampullae) which reside on their heads and snouts. These pores are filled with a thick clear jelly like substance which scientists have now discovered has a link to how sharks find their way around the ocean depths, and to their prey. They did many tests and concluded that the jelly-like substance in the shark’s ampullae was a brilliant conductor of protons, thus allowing sharks to sense very weak electric fields, which can direct them towards fish swimming nearby.
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