Robins see magnetic fields with their right eye: http://tinyurl.com/22koxdv On Sun, Aug 29, 2010 at 9:10 PM, Dan Asimov <dasimov@earthlink.net> wrote:
Apparently the presence of magnetite has recently been confirmed in human brains. I wonder if the groups that seem to always know which way is N, S, E,or W are those that can sense directions via the Earth's magnetic field.
--Dan
Hans wrote:
<< Interesting article, I thought, by Guy Deutscher in Thursday's N.Y. Times:
. . .
"In order to speak a language like Guugu Yimithirr, you need to know where the cardinal directions are at each and every moment of your waking life."
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