Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air.

Sam J England, Daniel Robert

June 2024 Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Synopsis of Social media discussions

The discussions emphasize the groundbreaking nature of the research, with posts describing how caterpillars can 'sense static electricity' or respond defensively, demonstrating curiosity and appreciation for the scientific discovery. Words like 'fascinating' and phrases such as 'new sensory abilities' reflect excitement about the study's implications and deepen engagement with the subject.

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Most discussions acknowledge and support the significance of the research, with many noting the surprising ability of prey to detect predators via electroreception in air.

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The topic sparks high interest due to its novelty and potential implications for understanding animal senses beyond aquatic environments.

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Some posts delve into details, mentioning specific creatures like caterpillars and wasps, showing a moderate level of engagement.

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Several comments highlight the importance of these findings for biology and animal behavior studies, indicating a slight perception of high impact.

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  • Dr Elina Mäntylä
    @elinamantyla (Twitter)

    England et al. Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air https://t.co/cHwHAJJMDt
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    June 5, 2024

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  • Elena Perez Garcia
    @Ninihelen6 (Twitter)

    RT @jmmulet: La electricidad estática revela al depredador. Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/RzsD…
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    June 4, 2024

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  • Círculo Escéptico
    @cescept (Twitter)

    RT @jmmulet: La electricidad estática revela al depredador. Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/RzsD…
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    June 4, 2024

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  • EntomoNews Bernadette Cassel
    @collemyria (Twitter)

    Les chenilles sont capables de détecter un prédateur grâce à son champ électrique | Sciences et Avenir https://t.co/RGmUMQ2R2E Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS Les guêpes sont chargées et émettent des champs électriques que les chenilles perçoivent
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    June 4, 2024

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  • Christian en Walden ☭
    @RojoSolarPunk (Twitter)

    RT @jmmulet: La electricidad estática revela al depredador. Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/RzsD…
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    June 4, 2024

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  • JM Mulet
    @jmmulet (Twitter)

    La electricidad estática revela al depredador. Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/RzsDv6XoqI
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    June 4, 2024

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  • Martin Oesterheld
    @MartinOesterhel (Twitter)

    Fuente: https://t.co/ZLOLyXRCbw
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    June 4, 2024

    5

  • alfred fischer
    @alfredfischer17 (Twitter)

    Seltene Sinne der Tiere. Manche Raupen können die elektrostatische Ladung von nahenden Wespen spüren. #biologie #zoologie https://t.co/7MQtUsVoZL
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    June 3, 2024

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  • Kim M.
    @violin4all (Twitter)

    @rexdelay
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    June 2, 2024

    1

  • bristlecorkscrew
    @bristlecorkscr1 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 29, 2024

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  • ma08s＠フォロー外からごめんなさい
    @bygzam_ma08s (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 29, 2024

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  • 灯
    @RUT4W68vd7ab55Y (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 29, 2024

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  • うおーん
    @ZyMugxutuoXVgVy (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • 伊丹和弘＠新聞社で働く人
    @itami_k (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • キッド折井
    @nagaedasan (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • IKEGAMI Maki
    @ikegami_maki (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • JAY MOAP
    @jay_moap (Twitter)

    RT @FScholkmann: Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air: https://t.co/k7EPYOriat "... predatory wasps are charged, thus emit…
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    May 28, 2024

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  • 猪熊虎蔵
    @inokumatorazou (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • ずー
    @zoo_zuz (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • 米屋（まいや）
    @karkador73 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • Antonino Cusumano
    @__Antonio__ (Twitter)

    RT @PNASNews: Caterpillars can sense static electricity produced by predatory wasps as they move through the air. A stimulus designed to si…
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    May 28, 2024

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  • 六路賀惣六
    @kousatu_misui (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • はむしの
    @hamu_shino (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • Sam England
    @SamJakeEngland (Twitter)

    RT @PNASNews: Caterpillars can sense static electricity produced by predatory wasps as they move through the air. A stimulus designed to si…
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    May 28, 2024

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  • いい絵〜ちゃるろすsay
    @tumanisiteyarue (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • 三駄 颯
    @mgps_0902 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • 紙魚
    @verr0u (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • 雷更新世
    @pleist (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • Decade
    @Decade_5th (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 28, 2024

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  • らま
    @frjveT5POKW7bcw (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Kasshini@なんでも垢 DM❌
    @Kasshini_Gnade (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • @tikuwa_san (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Yoshitugu Tuduki/都築良継
    @TSMoon56 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • William Peters MD
    @wllm_ptrs (Twitter)

    RT @FScholkmann: Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air: https://t.co/k7EPYOriat "... predatory wasps are charged, thus emit…
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 泉健司
    @BiotopeGarden (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 島野智之（動物分類学）Satoshi SHIMANO, Professor, Hosei Univ.
    @freeliving_mite (Twitter)

    https://t.co/aW4owktWvx
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    May 27, 2024

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  • せせり
    @Skipper_bfly (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • りれきち
    @rire (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 鶲
    @Lotusblossum25 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • deborah
    @djmcgee_deb (Twitter)

    RT @PNASNews: Caterpillars can sense static electricity produced by predatory wasps as they move through the air. A stimulus designed to si…
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    May 27, 2024

    4

  • PNASNews
    @PNASNews (Twitter)

    Caterpillars can sense static electricity produced by predatory wasps as they move through the air. A stimulus designed to simulate the electrostatic characteristics and timing of wasp wingbeats caused caterpillars to go into defense mode. In PNAS: https://t.co/Qtd3s62MHk https://t.co/p8OcTdH7mh
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    May 27, 2024

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  • kawauso7
    @kawauso71 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 嘯(しゃお,
    @xiao_signo028 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 吾輩はたぶんポメ
    @wagahai2016 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • クロイヨシツネ
    @YoshitsuneK (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • ノルトカリス求職中
    @Nolt_kalise (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 魚豊魚
    @fe0555 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • れごどーる（準備中@洛西交通企画）
    @legodoll (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • もにゅらび
    @tumetakute01414 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Michael Vokabre
    @Vokabre (Twitter)

    "Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air" they check the predators' twitter timeline from their phones https://t.co/kFmLOATWZK
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    May 27, 2024

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  • ほいつん
    @Tsun_hoii_KU (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 原　拓史
    @haltaq (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Shuuji Kajita
    @s_kajita (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • kazuyuki8
    @tw_kazuyuki8 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • ゆなす(juner.net)
    @juners (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • さんぽ太朗。
    @raiseshower (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • ​
    @kz_mackey (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • KIKI Sanae
    @fujikoKiKi (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 悪魔憑き
    @demonomania666 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Chauliodus
    @ophiacodon (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 吉谷地 裕
    @torochan22 (Twitter)

    すげー。 Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/zgb0vruaof
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    May 27, 2024

  • 島袋小路
    @shimafukurokouj (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Felix Scholkmann
    @FScholkmann (Twitter)

    Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air: https://t.co/k7EPYOriat "... predatory wasps are charged, thus emit electric fields, and that caterpillars respond to such fields with defensive behaviors." https://t.co/RA8drgp3Qr
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    May 27, 2024

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  • カツヲ
    @RX78_01 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Michael Adams (マイケル）　Ｂ
    @frog097_mscart (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • @neritake (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • usg
    @Usg27783578Usg (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • くぁwせdrftgyふじこlp
    @wickid101 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • Katsushi Kagaya
    @katzkagaya (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • もくようびさん
    @mokuyounohikari (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • 籠入猫
    @trashcantiglets (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • まちを®
    @happyRikishi884 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • みみなが もとの
    @miminaga (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    May 27, 2024

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  • ふくぶ@Mein liebes Bett
    @schwarz1111 (Twitter)

    RT @AkrSakr: 毛虫は天敵の蜂が身にまとう静電気を背中の毛で感じれるらしい Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air | PNAS https://t.co/vKtvjp8L3U
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    へぇ イモムシがハチの電気を感知して防御反応を取るというやつ 水中だと電気探知って一般的だけど陸上でも小さな世界だと一般的なのかもねぇ Prey can detect predators via electroreception in air https://t.co/R2U3cfh8OD
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    Have you ever felt like you have a "sixth sense"? That you can somehow feel that danger is coming? Turns out caterpillars really can! We've just discovered that they can sense the static electricity of predators and react defensively. Out now in @PNASNews https://t.co/eaMF1FWhMj https://t.co/OKyFuwXBbW
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Abstract Synopsis

  • Prey animals can detect predators using electroreception, which involves sensing electric fields created by charged predators such as wasps.
  • Research shows that predatory wasps carry electric charges, generating electric fields that trigger defensive behaviors in caterpillars.
  • Caterpillars' sensory hairs (setae) are deflected by these electric fields and respond specifically to the wingbeat frequency of their predators, revealing a new form of predator detection.