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Science 7 September 1979:
Vol. 205. no. 4410, pp. 1027 - 1029
DOI: 10.1126/science.472725
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Science, Vol 205, Issue 4410, 1027-1029
Copyright © 1979 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Pigeons have magnets

C Walcott, JL Gould, and JL Kirschvink

Research on pigeon homing suggests that magnetic field information is used for orientation. The ability of pigeons to sense magnetic fields may be associated with a small, unilateral structure between the brain and the skull which contains magnetic in what appears to be single domains.


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