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How migrating birds use earth's magnetic field to get direction?
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Does the earths magnetic field help guide certain birds?
Yes, Birds are believed as well as other animals to have an innate sense of direction, or a "built-in compass" by earth's magnetic field. Concerns have arisen about electromagnetic interference with their internal compasses and our radio and other electromagnetic transmissions, such as the theory of why Bees are seemingly disappearing.
How do birds learn how to migrate?
Its an internal instinct, and some scientists say it has something to do with the Earths magnetic pull.
Are chickens migrating birds?
No!
Are turkeys migrating birds?
Turkeys are not migrating birds because they can not fly ant have enough fat in their bodys to survive the winter.
How do migrating birds navigate?
No human alive today knows how birds navigate or find there way. Birds that use the same way every month might remember how they got there, and how to go back. Perhaps it's because that they remember land markings, but these are just theries.
What birds hitch rides on other migrating birds?
stork
How do birds know which way to fly when they navigate?
They use the Earth's magnetic field to determine direction and position.
What do the migrating birds do?
Local flora and fauna
What is birds flying south called?
Migrating
What are the 24 states where bees seem to be dying rapidly and mysteriously?
Try looking into magnetic balance of the earths rotation. The same thing birds find there way. The planets are to line up soon. Maybe the bees sence of direction is some how being interfed with?
What are the most popular routes and the instincts animals follow while migrating?
I was taught in college that some animals, such as birds, geese, are guided by magnetic forces, not forcing them to go this way, but guiding them
How do you know when a bird is migrating?
birds are in a v shape.
