Yes folks, dogs are full of magnetite too and use their internal compass to lay down dung in alignment with Earth's magnetic poles. Isn't that special?
The Russians apparently needed to watch 70 dogs over two years and carefully record 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations to prove their theory.
The tail-waggers could not be leashed or otherwise influenced in order to find their 'natural' inclinations. After nearly 2000 piles of puppy poop researchers compiled the data and voila! The tykes did indeed tinker and duty in an “axial orientation” with the earth’s magnetic field.
The discovery does leave a few more questions. First, no one can figure out why the dogs do what they do or what role it plays in their survival. And second, and likely most importantly, so what?
Are people supposed to whip out a compass to find the dog shit in their backyards now? How about combat teams giving up their GPS receivers and watch pensively for the canines to poop, then follow that to the enemy?
Really? No other news today? The mind wanders...
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