Elephant Nose Fish Research Paper

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The elephant nose fish is a species of weakly electric fish from Africa that produces pulses of electric current from an electric organ in the abdomen. These pulses, referred to as electric organ discharges (EODs), are produced and later picked up by electroreceptors in the “nose” of the fish. These pulses serve as a method of navigation and communication. We recorded the EODs of the elephant nose fish using electrodes fixed to a PVC pipe. It was found that the EODs were variable in interval, as illustrated by the large standard deviation (75.6 ms). It was also found that the duration of each pulse was very short (mean = .84 ms) and punctuated by an average interval of 113.3 ms, approximately 134.9% longer than the duration of each pulse.

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