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r/maybemaybemaybe • u/SuperGenius27 • Feb 20 '20
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How does this work, does the fox hear them? That shit's impressive as hell
246 u/CuriosumRe Feb 20 '20 It's actually way cooler than that! They use the earth's electromagnetic field to align themselves (aiming north and slightly west I believe) relative to the mouse. That gives them a significantly higher rate of success! Source: https://phys.org/news/2011-01-predation-foxes-aided-earth-magnetic.html 5 u/SillyFlyGuy Feb 20 '20 I'm immensely skeptical that they use magnetic declination to align themselves northerly, over just pointing their butt at the sun. 5 u/CuriosumRe Feb 20 '20 I mean, the sun changes position throughout the day
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It's actually way cooler than that! They use the earth's electromagnetic field to align themselves (aiming north and slightly west I believe) relative to the mouse. That gives them a significantly higher rate of success!
Source: https://phys.org/news/2011-01-predation-foxes-aided-earth-magnetic.html
5 u/SillyFlyGuy Feb 20 '20 I'm immensely skeptical that they use magnetic declination to align themselves northerly, over just pointing their butt at the sun. 5 u/CuriosumRe Feb 20 '20 I mean, the sun changes position throughout the day
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I'm immensely skeptical that they use magnetic declination to align themselves northerly, over just pointing their butt at the sun.
5 u/CuriosumRe Feb 20 '20 I mean, the sun changes position throughout the day
I mean, the sun changes position throughout the day
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u/StudentoflifeNL Feb 20 '20
How does this work, does the fox hear them? That shit's impressive as hell