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Old 22-December-2005, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by wayneee
I was ignorant of these issues, they claimed them so convincingly. Boy thats dangerous. As for Birds , it is a fact that they do indeed have internal compasses as concentrated deposits of Iron in thier brains. This indeed might have such an Effect , but its speculation. But the Birds brain is so small that prehaps such magnetic distortion could overide sight . But it is speculative I agree.

I dont understand by where was that in the movie
Birds fly by sight, they follow routes... roads, power lines, rivers, etc etc. Even if it means flying extra distance, they follow a route which uses natural and man made features as their map. Several studies recently have shown that they even do this for long-distance migrations.
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