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Birds use ‘magnetic map’ to navigate (even in places they’ve never been) – Yahoo News Australia
Migrating birds are able to correct their navigation using the Earth’s magnetic field – even in places they have never been, new research has shown.
The Eurasian reed warbler was selected for the research, but the researchers believe the findings could probably be applied to other migrating songbirds (Pictured, sandbill cranes, Getty)
Migrating birds are able to correct their navigation using the Earths magnetic field even in places they have never been, new research has shown.
Researchers from Bangor and Keele universities exposed birds to a simulation of Earths magnetic field thousands of miles from their normal migration route.
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