Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth's magnetic field

frontiersinzoology.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

1–10 of 38 posts

Re: Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth's magnetic field

#4

Post by mturmon »

On methods, quoting from the paper:

Alignment of the body (along the thoracic spine) in direction towards the head (heading) was measured in freely moving dogs (i.e., not on the leash) in “open field” (on meadows, fields, in the wood etc., i.e., unconstrained, and uninfluenced by linear structures, such as walls and fences) away from the road traffic, high voltage power lines, and conspicuous steel constructions during defecation and urination by a hand-held compass.

So it was not as simple as directional preference in sidewalks or roads.

Re: Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth's magnetic field

#6

Post by VladRussian2 »

mturmon wrote: post #4

On methods, quoting from the paper: Alignment of the body (along the thoracic spine) in direction towards the head (heading) was measured in freely moving dogs (i.e., not on the leash) in “open field” (on meadows, fields, in the wood etc., i.e., unconstrained, and uninfluenced by linear structures, such as walls and fences) away from the road traffic, high voltage power lines, and conspicuous steel constructions duri…

have a dog and can say for sure that it is definitely nor random nor "simple preference" (and magnetic alignment falls under "simple" category)
Post reply on HN