Animal Navigation: An Enduring Mystery

1_xim4wkz2 Many animals move thousands of miles over the surface of the earth. Monarch butterflies return to a small place in Mexico to overwinter, Arctic Terns fly some 24,000 miles per year and salmon return to the gravel beds in the streams where they themselves were hatched. Despite years of res...

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Main Author: Walcott, Charles
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: Internet-First University Press 2015
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1813/40145
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Summary:1_xim4wkz2 Many animals move thousands of miles over the surface of the earth. Monarch butterflies return to a small place in Mexico to overwinter, Arctic Terns fly some 24,000 miles per year and salmon return to the gravel beds in the streams where they themselves were hatched. Despite years of research, we still don’t know exactly what cues animals use to perform these feats!