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title: "#Electroreception Animals & Superpower Traits (8 Species) | AnimalTracks.wiki"
description: "Specialized ampullary pores detecting microvolt electrical impulses produced by the muscular twitches of buried prey. Explore all 8 species with this trait in the AnimalTracks wildlife encyclopedia."
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# #Electroreception Animals & Evolutionary Adaptations

> Specialized ampullary pores detecting microvolt electrical impulses produced by the muscular twitches of buried prey.

- **Trait Category**: Sensory & Stealth
- **Species Count**: 8 Curated Creatures
- **Browse Web**: [View interactive trait gallery](https://animaltracks.wiki/tags/electroreception/)

## Species With #Electroreception

- [American Paddlefish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/american-paddlefish/) (*Polyodon spathula*)
  - **Superpower**: Paddle and head covered in ampullary organs: 50,000 to 70,000 electroreceptors per adult, the largest number of any living vertebrate species
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Vulnerable
  - **Soundtrack**: Blackberry Smoke (Delta Blues & Swamp Rock)
- [Black Ghost Knifefish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/black-ghost-knifefish/) (*Apteronotus albifrons*)
  - **Superpower**: A continuous electric discharge, plus electroreceptors one study estimated in the thousands, for finding prey in the dark
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: Bad Omens (Modern Alt-Metal & Post-Hardcore)
- [Duck-Billed Platypus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/platypus/) (*Ornithorhynchus anatinus*)
  - **Superpower**: Electroreceptive bill with 40,000 electroreceptors, venomous hind-leg spurs, and cyan-green UV biofluorescence
  - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Near Threatened
  - **Soundtrack**: Pink Floyd (Psychedelic Rock & Neo-Psych)
- [Great Hammerhead Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-hammerhead/) (*Sphyrna mokarran*)
  - **Superpower**: Ampullae of Lorenzini, gel-filled pores under its head that sense the electrical signals of prey, even prey buried in sand.
  - **Danger**: High | **Conservation**: Critically Endangered
  - **Soundtrack**: Bicep (Future Garage & Deep Electronica)
- [Great White Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/great-white-shark/) (*Carcharodon carcharias*)
  - **Superpower**: Ampullae of Lorenzini that detect electrical signals as faint as 0.005 microvolts, paired with regional endothermy that keeps key parts of its body warmer than the surrounding ocean.
  - **Danger**: Deadly | **Conservation**: Vulnerable
  - **Soundtrack**: Arch Enemy (Thrash Metal & Speed Metal)
- [Scalloped Hammerhead](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scalloped-hammerhead/) (*Sphyrna lewini*)
  - **Superpower**: A wide, notched head with electroreceptors on its underside. It appears to sense a weak electric field no better than a sandbar shark does, but seems to give a wider search area and sharp turns at high speed.
  - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Critically Endangered
  - **Soundtrack**: LTJ Bukem (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle)
- [Short-Beaked Echidna](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/echidna/) (*Tachyglossus aculeatus*)
  - **Superpower**: An electric sense in the snout, the first known in a land animal, plus 693 scent-receptor genes to the platypus's 299, which may help it search for the odours of underground prey.
  - **Danger**: Low | **Conservation**: Least Concern
  - **Soundtrack**: The Drones (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk)
- [Southern Stingray](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-stingray/) (*Hypanus americanus*)
  - **Superpower**: Thousands of electrical sensors on its underside detect the electric field of prey buried in the sand
  - **Danger**: Medium | **Conservation**: Near Threatened
  - **Soundtrack**: Suzanne Ciani (Krautrock & Electronic Pioneers)

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