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2. Electric organ (fish) - Wikipedia

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   In biology, the electric organ is an organ that an electric fish uses to create an electric field. Electric organs are derived from modified muscle or in some cases nerve tissue , called electrocytes, and have evolved at least six times among the elasmobranchs and teleosts .

3. 1 dead, 2 missing after tourist helicopter crashes off ... - AOL

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   Hikers reported seeing the helicopter crash into the water about a quarter of a mile (0.4 kilometers) off the Na Pali Coast on Thursday and called police around 1:20 p.m., the Kauai Police ...

4. Electroreception and electrogenesis - Wikipedia

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   Active electrolocation is practised by two groups of weakly electric fish, the Gymnotiformes (knifefishes) and the Mormyridae (elephantfishes), and by Gymnarchus niloticus, the African knifefish. An electric fish generates an electric field using an electric organ, modified from muscles in its tail. The field is called weak if it is only enough ...

5. Tragedy as tour helicopter crashes off coast of Hawaii island

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   A helicopter crash off the coast of Kauai, Hawaii on Thursday has left one person dead and two people missing, according to authorities.. The crash was reported around 1.20pm, a quarter of a mile ...

6. Stargazer (fish) - Wikipedia

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   They are unique among electric fish in not possessing electroreceptors, meaning that they do not use an electric sense to locate prey. [2] Stargazer's paired electric organs are aligned vertically inside the head, behind the eyes. [3] Uniquely, they are used only for hunting or defence, as the fish does not electrolocate. [2]

7. List of accidents and incidents involving helicopters - Wikipedia

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   3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...