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I don't know about this specific bird, but many birds have what are essentially biological compasses built into them.
by finite_depth 3y ago
I don't know about this specific bird, but many birds have what are essentially biological compasses built into them.
- nomel 3y agoNot sure why this was flagged dead. It's a fact that some birds are sensitive to magnetic fields [1]: > They do this with the help of the magnetically sensitive proteins in their eyes and the magneto-receptive cells in the vestibular nucleus in their brain. [1] https://phys.org/news/2022-02-compass-birds-ways-foreign.html#:~:text=To%20date%2C%20studies%20show%20that,vestibular%20nucleus%20in%20their%20brain https://phys.org/news/2022-02-compass-birds-ways-foreign.htm....
- throwaway290 3y agoAllegedly, dogs too. Unclear how but they align north-south when pooping if they get the chance.
- tasuki 3y agoYes, but that by itself does not help all that much? I give you a compass and an 11 hour ride on a typhoon. The compass won't give you magical ability to return to your starting spot.
- samus 3y agoThe compass allows me to track in which direction I'm roughly blown. Not on the scale of seconds, but hours. As soon as I escape the typhoon, I can start going back.