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English: Elephantfish are weakly electric, emitting short pulses to locate their prey. Capacitative and resistive objects affect the electric field differently, enabling the fish to locate objects of different types within a distance of about a body length. Resistive objects increase the amplitude of the pulse; capacitative objects introduce distortions.
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Redrawn from von der Emde, G. (15 May 1999). "Active electrolocation of objects in weakly electric fish". Journal of Experimental Biology 202 (10): 1205–1215. DOI:10.1242/jeb.202.10.1205.

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