A Small And Beautifully Patterned Species Of A Car..

A small and beautifully patterned species of a carpet shark – brownbanded bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium punctatum) – barely reaches 1 metre in length.

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Inhabiting inshore coral reefs and sandy bottoms, this species is oviparous, with mature females laying eggs. While sharks in general have electroreceptors called ampullae of Lorenzini, which help adults sense minute changes in electric fields and are often used for hunting, shark embryos use it as a defence mechanism.

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Embryos of these bamboo sharks have been observed to “freeze” when exposed to predator-like electric fields – a real sixth sense! They stopped breathing and coiled around themselves to reduce disturbance to water and change electric fields. When a predator moves away, their living functions return to normal.

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