Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2012
Homing pigeons were apparently able to find their way home after being transported in a closed box a long distance away (many hundreds of miles in some cases). David Dickman, in the April 26th Science Express , write: Many animals rely on the Earth’s magnetic field for spatial orientation and navigation. Le-Qing Wu and J.
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