Sci Show: Dogs may use Earth’s magnetic field to take shortcuts. Over 200 hunting dogs were set loose and tracked via GPS. In 170/223 trips, dogs stopped before returning and ran 20m along a N-S axis. When they did this, the dogs tended to get back to owner via a more direct route than when they did not.

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Dogs may use Earth’s magnetic field to take shortcuts. Over 200 hunting dogs were set loose and tracked via GPS. In 170/223 trips, dogs stopped before returning and ran 20m along a N-S axis. When they did this, the dogs tended to get back to owner via a more direct route than when they did not.

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