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Electroreception: A biological ability to sense electrical impulses and fields through a series of electroreceptor sensory organs, often found in sharks, skates and rays.
Gestation: The state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth.
Ovoviviparous: Ovovivipary is a method of reproduction whereby the egg shell is weakly formed and young hatch inside the female; they are nourished by their yolk sac and then ‘born' live.
Venomous: Species that produce and can inject poisonous venom under the skin (usually through a bite or sting), causing injury, illness, or death.