Contact: Lisa De Nike
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443-287-9960
Johns Hopkins University
Caption: Native to South America, the glass knifefish's ability to emits weak electrical signals makes it a superb subject for the study of how the brain uses sensory information to control locomotion.
Credit: Noah Cowan/JHU
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