Pigeons with a Deficient Sun Compass Use the Magnetic Compass
- 16 October 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 214 (4518), 343-345
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.7280697
Abstract
Homing pigeons that had never seen the sun before noon could not use the sun compass in the morning; nevertheless they were homeward oriented. When such birds carried magnets, however, they were disoriented, suggesting they were using a magnetic compass. These findings indicate that the magnetic compass is available to pigeons whether or not the sun compass has been established and that the magnetic compass is apparently the first source of compass information.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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