Comments on: In African rivers, an electric Tower of Babel http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/28/in-african-rivers-an-electric-tower-of-babel/ A science salon hosted by National Geographic Magazine Sat, 18 May 2013 07:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2-alpha By: heh http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/28/in-african-rivers-an-electric-tower-of-babel/#comment-11472 heh Thu, 05 May 2011 19:53:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4388#comment-11472 These fish are essentially psychic. They’re using radio waves to communicate.

]]> By: Matt B. http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/28/in-african-rivers-an-electric-tower-of-babel/#comment-11471 Matt B. Sun, 01 May 2011 20:15:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4388#comment-11471 Despite its many uses, I hate the taste of flexbile. ;) (I’m sure you meant “flexible”.)

]]> By: Hai~Ren http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/28/in-african-rivers-an-electric-tower-of-babel/#comment-11470 Hai~Ren Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:02:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/?p=4388#comment-11470 Really fascinating stuff. I wonder if we can find similar differences in the South American knifefishes, which also produce electrical fields for navigation and communication

Oh by the way, I think you meant to say ‘electroCytes’ in the final 2 paragraphs, but typed ‘electroLyte’ instead.

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