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A new French study revealed this Monday stating that, dolphins are actually attracted towards magnets, spiritually of course.
In order to discover whether dolphins are magneto-sensitive or not, or either talented enough to sense the Earth’s magnetic field, researchers recently experimented that how 6 bottleneck dolphins swim freely independent of responding to barrels having both magnetized and non-magnetized blocks.
The researchers found that dolphins approach more swiftly towards the magnetized block as compare to the non-magnetized one, having the similar density and form, so undistinguishable with echolocation. “Though, we found that the dolphins have the ability to discriminate two stimuli due to their magnetic properties, a precondition to magneto-reception based steering,” researchers stated.
Therefore, if the results hold up to examination, it will be a significant discovery. However, there are several studies revealing that there are some animals that familiarize themselves with the Earth’s magnetic pull. A research was conducted by Baylor College of Medicine researchers’ way back in 2012 stating that pigeons have magneto-sensitive GPS cells in their brains.
Deborah Nielsen
Deborah Nielsen never thought she could be a journalist and a good one, we might add. Having a strong passion for music, she started singing at an early age, but it was only in college that she formed her first band. Her music education won her a job as a news reporter at the local radio station as well as the chance of meeting her favorite artists. In 2013, Deborah took things forward by starting her own blog and contributing to various news related websites. Currently, she covers a broad area of subjects and topics from various fields.
