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    What are the secrets of animal NAVIGATION?

    Oct 21, 2021 2 minutes
    BY JV CHAMARY

    Can all animals navigate?

    Not all animals are capable of ‘true navigation’, or moving towards a destination without using familiar landmarks. True navigators can travel far to forage for food or breed in favourable climates, correct for displacement when thrown off-course by air or water currents, then find their way back home through homing.

    Which species can use homing?

    The best known

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