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Animal Magnetism

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Attach a small magnet to the side of a pigeon's head, and it cannot navigate on cloudy days. Demagnetise a bee, and it will fail to recognise its own hive. What is the source and function of these magnetic effects?
Dr Jim Gould of the Department of Biology at Princeton University, in conversation with Peter Evans , explains the causes of this type of animal magnetism.
Producer GEOFF DEEHAN

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Dr Jim Gould
Unknown:
Peter Evans
Producer:
Geoff Deehan
Source: Radio Times

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