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Description: | Homing pigeons possess the ability to find their way back home from a strange location, often over hundreds of miles. No-one knows exactly how they do this. The pigeons have tiny magnetic particles in their brains and can sense the planet's magnetic field. They may be able to use this sense to find the right direction to fly in. They are also known to navigate using visual landmarks such as roads and the position of the sun in the sky. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | animals North East natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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