CAN BIRDS REALLY SEE THE MAGNETIC FIELD?


	CAN BIRDS REALLY SEE THE MAGNETIC FIELD?

vk2yoc

5-5-2008 2:51 AM

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vk2yoc says:

Personally, I think they carry GPS.

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5-5-2008 5:48 AM

righthand

Homing pigeons are the elite in this area.

5-18-2008 6:43 AM

carrerinyes

Swallows too!

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source of natural wonder, and totally sweet long panning shots for nature 
documentaries.&nbsp; But now it seems that the avian autopilot is of interest to 
science, and possibly the X-Men - because the birds might have QUANTUM <SPAN 
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the orientation of the exchanged electrons are affected by the Earth's magnetic 
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