How Do They Know Where to Fly? Pigeons Also Rely on Their Livers for Navigation.

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Scientists have long been trying to figure out how pigeons don't get lost. The birds are thought to use the Earth's magnetic field as a compass to navigate, but new research has shown that in pigeons, the liver plays a major role in their sense of direction.

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Madrid.- What is it that allows pigeons to find their way back home after flying hundreds of kilometers? An international team of scientists has revealed that the secret is in special cells that they possess in the liver, which allow them to detect the Earth’s magnetic field to guide themselves. The finding, collected in Science magazine, describes how pigeons possess a type of immune cells in the liver that function as a kind of inner compass. …

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Pigeons may use their liver as a natural GPS to find their way. This is suggested by new research, in which scientists discovered that special cells in the liver help detect the Earth's magnetic field.

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Homing pigeons seem to have a compass in their liver: iron-rich immune cells help them stay on course on cloudy days. Subscribe to the newsletter! Want the latest science news fresh in your inbox every day? Or every week? Subscribe to the newsletter here! How homing pigeons manage to find their way home after dozens or even hundreds of kilometers […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl.

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Scientists have discovered that passenger pigeons can detect the Earth's magnetic field – one of the many physical phenomena that allow them to simmer – through cells located in their livers.

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Traditional hypotheses pointed to light receptors in the eyes or magnetic particles in the beak, but none had achieved a solid experimental backup. Now, an international team of scientists has discovered a response as surprising as unexpected: the secret of their orientation is not in the head, but in the liver.tags: orientation, pigeons, liver» original news (www.agencysync.es)