Related: in 2008 the German University of Duisburg-Essen did a study on cattle based off of Google Earth images, with similar results. The researchers also did

Related: in 2008 the German University of Duisburg-Essen did a study on cattle based off of Google Earth images, with similar results. The researchers also did field studies of deer in the Czech Republic. They found that the vast majority (well over 2/3) aligned themselves along a north/south or south/north meridian [1]. edit: it seems tomas_aspre found the actual publication [2]. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575459.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7575459.stm [2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23700176 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23700176