Thanks, Max. Never thought to ask that in Q&A.
Hmm, only sharks can sense electromagnetic fields, dolphins use echolocation. Perhaps these species can also pick up the slight radiation of the electromagnetic field, their own and other creatures, rebounding off of objects so they can sense their environment also...? (since dolphins sense the rebounding sound waves from objects, and Lanning references dolphins also, I suppose).
Either that or the environment gives out a lesser amount of this electroradiation. It's obvious they can sense the walls, floor, and small or thin objects (notably the webs of the Paramites). Perhaps that of the planet, and where it is interrupted in even the tiniest ways.
Lorne's answer suggests that they can sense the entire environment and not just living prey.
Or it could just be more beyond our understanding and more dissimilar from the senses utilised by sharks or dolphins than I realise.
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