From stealthily stalking prey to launching a coordinated attack, the world’s predators have evolved a multitude of techniques to find and kill their food. Many of these involve using their senses to sniff out or spot their prey from a great distance. For example, eagles have some of the best eyesight in the animal kingdom, which they use to spot prey from up to two miles away while soaring in the sky. Other species are equipped with heightened senses for hunting, such as the electricity-detecting powers of sharks. Known as electroreception, sharks have adapted pores in their snouts, called ampullae of Lorenzini, which can pick up on electrical currents that move through the water. Any movement from the muscles of fish and other sea creatures creates an electrical current which is conducted by the ocean’s salty water. When sharks sense the current and its direction, they can follow their noses and catch their prey.
Cheetahs rely on their speed to catch a meal