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Orientation
07
May

New Evidence Suggests Sharks Use Earth’s Magnetic Field to Navigate

May 7, 2021
Source: smithsonianmag.com https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/new-evidence-suggests-sharks-use-earths-magnetic-field-navigate-180977668/ Bonnethead sharks swam in the direction of their home waters when placed in a tank charged with an electromagnetic field. By Alex Fox SMITHSONIANMAG.COMMAY 6, 2021 Every December, great white sharks swimming off the coast of California make a beeline for a mysterious spot in the middle of the Pacific roughly halfway to...
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07
May

Map-like use of Earth’s magnetic field in sharks

May 7, 2021
Map-like use of Earth’s magnetic field in sharks Bryan A. Keller, Nathan F. Putman, R. Dean Grubbs, David S. Portnoy Timothy P. Murphy Published: May 06, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.103 Video abstract
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21
Dec

Effects of 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging exposure on the behavior and orientation of homing pigeons Columba livia domestica

December 21, 2020
Párraga DG, Tyack PL, Marco-Cabedo V, Crespo-Picazo JL, Manteca X, Martí-Bonmatí L (2020) Effects of 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging exposure on the behavior and orientation of homing pigeons Columba livia domestica. PLoS ONE 15(12): e0241280. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241280 Abstract Homing pigeons (Columba livia domestica) were used to test whether clinical magnetic resonance (MR) imaging disrupts orientation of...
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24
Feb

Electric and magnetic senses in marine animals, and potential behavioral effects of electromagnetic surveys

February 24, 2020
Daniel Nyqvist, Caroline Durif, Magnar Gullikstad Johnsen, Karen De Jong, Tonje Nesse Forland, Lise Doksæter Sivle, Electric and magnetic senses in marine animals, and potential behavioral effects of electromagnetic surveys, Marine Environmental Research, Volume 155, 2020, 104888, ISSN 0141-1136, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104888 Abstract Electromagnetic surveys generate electromagnetic fields to map petroleum deposits under the seabed with unknown...
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