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Science 20 July 1973:
Vol. 181. no. 4096, pp. 285 - 287
DOI: 10.1126/science.181.4096.285
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Spatial Orientation by Salamanders Using Plane-Polarized Light

Douglas H. Taylor 1 and Kraig Adler 2

1 Department of Zoology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio 45056
2 Section on Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850

Tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) can perceive the plane of polarization in linearly polarized light and can learn to use that e-vector direction for spatial orientation in indoor orientation tests.


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