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Birdie Magnetic Sense and Human Generated Electromagnetic Fields

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Hore & Henrik Mouritsen of Universität Oldenburg, Germany, have just published a paper in Nature called “ Anthropogenic electromagnetic noise disrupts magnetic compass orientation in a migratory bird ”. Svenja Engels, Nils-Lasse Schneider, Nele Lefeldt, Christine Maira Hein, Manuela Zapka, Andreas Michalik, Dana Elbers, Achim Kittel, P.

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Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds

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What’s Cooking in Crow Kitchen Half-Bassed Ackwards? OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Or These Blasts From The Past The Goose Whisperer? Boycott BP? Thanks for visiting!

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Petrel Paradise

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The first to cruise past in a hurry were the stunning Cook’s Petrels. The final large petrel species is another gadfly petrel, albeit a much larger one than the Cook’s Petrel. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more!

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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

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I don’t remember the outcome off that latest experiment, but I do remember that many people thought the researcher was a bit of a cook and ignored his findings generally. The same researcher then did the same thing but with big magnets strapped to the children’s heads.

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Prima Facie vs. Ultima Facie Wrongness

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Compassion like that almost makes one think that we should start shooting the 1 billion humans on the brink of starvation to provide them quick and relatively painless deaths rather than slow protracted ones.] As I have noted elsewhere, with minimal effort, people can learn to cook delicious vegetarian meals.