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Wide Sensing principle

Lessons from Scalloped Hammerhead

Feel wide.

Hammerhead Electroreception

Scalloped Hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) featured animal image on AnimalDex

Core lesson

A strange shape can widen what the world allows you to feel.

Biological basis

Scalloped Hammerheads have broad cephalofoils that support electroreception, maneuvering, and sensory scanning while schooling and hunting in the ocean.

Best use cases

Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.

Sensory rangeUnusual designOcean scanningNavigationReading hidden signals

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