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Pigeons have tiny compasses in their heads

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One researcher tested British school children to see if they could find their way home by driving them blindfolded, in a bus, out into the country and asking them to point their way home. Experiments had been done which involved strapping magnets to the heads of homing pigeons to see if you could confuse them.

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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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EPA Wants to Rely Less on Animal Testing

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It's not a move based on compassion, but efficiency. Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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Sandy Hook Sightings About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! These Blasts From The Past Birding 1.1.11

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

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Deadline for Great Giveaways About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting!

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Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps

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I am deeply troubled and angry that the National Institute of Health wants to move almost 200 chimpanzees from this facility to a laboratory in Texas where they may be subjected to testing. This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments.

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Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll

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10K Birds is Top Ten About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting!

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