Peeing Dogs Align With The Earth’s Magnetic Field

Monday, January 6, 2014 - 10:31 in Psychology & Sociology

What does science discover when 70 dogs are allowed to relieve themselves in the open country without being on a leash?That they have something in common; dogs prefer to do their business while in a body-alignment along the magnetic north-south axis - but only during periods of calm magnetic field conditions.At least they found something. Prior to the discovery, they had to have been frustrated that, in contrast to grazing cows, hunting foxes and landing waterfowl, dogs showed no clear preference for a particular body alignment while doing number one or number two. read more

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