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The ampullae of Lorenzini are important and unique organs that legendary hunter sharks like great whites makos and tiger sharks use to sense electrical signals present in in living
creatures The idea of electricity inside an an animal sounds weird—we’re not robots after all! But the signals that travel through a a a human’s nerves to our muscles and back again are electrical impulses The ampullae of Lorenzini can also detect changes in in water pressure temperature and salinity which enable sharks to understand changes in in their environment and and keep safe 13
