The Globe and Mail
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Pigeons could have a ‘gut feeling’ in their liver to help them navigate, study suggests
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A new study suggests pigeons may use iron-rich immune cells in their livers to detect Earth's magnetic field, helping them navigate. The research proposes a potential biological mechanism for how birds sense direction during migration and flight.
Pigeons could have a ‘gut feeling’ in their liver to help them navigate, study suggests
They might be using iron rich immune cells in their livers to detect Earth’s magnetic field, playing a role in their sense of direction
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