How Does FishMAX Work?
To understand the operation of FishMAX you must understand the four basic fish senses. Successful survival in any environment depends upon an organism’s ability to acquire information from its environment through its senses. Fish have some of the same senses that we have; they can see, smell, touch, and taste. They have also developed senses that we don’t have; such as electro-reception. Fish can sense light, sound/vibration and electricity.
| | Light: Photo-reception (vision). Fish have a very keen sense of vision which helps them to find food, shelter, mates and avoid predators.
Sound and Vibration (mechanoreception):
Travels four times faster in water then they do in air. In water waves are transmitted at 5,000 feet per second.
Electricity: Electro reception. Fish have special organs for detecting electrical potential (voltage). A set of pits comprise the electro receptive system called the ampullae’s of Lorenzini in Sharks. These are canals in the skin filled with a gelatine-like material that also contains sensory cells.
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