The Economic Times

Science says sharks can hunt in total darkness using electricity: The biology behind their sixth sense

A shark does not always need to see a fish to detect that a living creature is nearby. In murky water, beneath the sand or during the final moments of an attack, it can rely on another remarkable source of information: electricity. Sharks possess specialized sensory organs called the ampullae of Lorenzini, tiny networks of pores and canals concentrated around the head and snout that allow them to detect faint electrical signals in the water.