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![Wikipedia article.
Title: Jamming avoidance response
The jamming avoidance response is a behavior of some species of weakly electric fish. It occurs when two electric fish with wave discharges meet – if their discharge frequencies are very similar, each fish shifts its discharge frequency to increase the difference between the two. By doing this, both fish prevent jamming of their sense of electroreception.
[A picture is shown of a diagram two opposing knifefish facing each other. Left fish shows a red waveform of 401 Hz, with an arrow pointing upwards with a blue waveform of 407 Hz with the label “higher frequency”. Right fish shows a red waveform of 399 Hz, with an arrow pointing downwards with a blue waveform of 393 Hz with the label “lower frequency”]
Two neighboring Eigenmannia perform the jamming avoidance response: When two fish with around the same frequency meet, one fish shifts its frequency upward and the other shifts its frequency downward.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oikdbw37wmppuhs2swnfppic/bafkreibzojvm65ndodxh2mlfcypftdkabnm42uavdlpxio7deatcd2gkam)
