http://www.chimpmindconference.org Improving animal management and wildlife conservation Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:19:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.chimpmindconference.org/animal-research/isnt-live-animal-research-livlier-2.php http://www.chimpmindconference.org/animal-research/isnt-live-animal-research-livlier-2.php#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:49:26 +0000 andihong http://www.chimpmindconference.org/?p=4 In 2008 European researchers demonstrated that when cows and deer are resting or grazing, they face magnetic north or south. Before that the only mammals known to have magnetic-compass orientation were a few species of bats and rodents. Now researchers have discovered that when cows and deer are near power lines, they position themselves randomly. Power lines locally change the earth’s magnetic field. That cows and deer return to their usual north-south alignment away from power lines is taken as further evidence that they sense and respond to magnetic fields. Why this happens is the next Read more

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