| ▲ | wbl 3 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
So when will prey evolve to always face southwest? | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | soulofmischief 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||
Oh well that's the funny thing, Southwest is the next best direction given that it's on the same axis as northeast. > a large majority (74%) of successful attacks in high cover were confined to a cluster centred about 20° clockwise of magnetic north with a small (15%) secondary cluster at due south, while attacks in other directions were largely unsuccessful. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3097881/ (there's a nice little chart showing angular preference. The researchers also mention a previous study they'd worked on in the first paragraph of the introduction, dealing with the geomagnetic alignment of grazing cattle. I hadn't read this one before so I took the time, and it's equally fascinating. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2533210/ | |||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | noworriesnate 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||
This is actually a common tenant of rabbit religions FYI | |||||||||||||||||