Author: Jack Tamisiea

This Electric Fish Sees Their Mates ‘See’ ImagesSchools of brainiac fish share “pictures” of nearby objects and use their extraordinary ability to see fartherBy Jack Tamisiea Peters’s elephantnose fish (Gnathonemus petersii). Credits: De Agostini Picture Library/Getty ImagesWith a trunk-like snout, an enormous brain and brilliant movements, the freshwater elephantnose fish seems straight out of a science-fiction novel. But the unique characteristics of these oddities are their ability to emit and sense electricity. They use electric currents to identify prey and potential mates in the muddy river bottom where they live.Now scientists have discovered that fish can increase this power by…