Eels lack magnetic compass.

Science News | September 14, 1985| | Copyright

The discovery of magnetic bacteria led scientists to wonder whether other organisms might have built-in magnetic compasses. Many species of birds and fish migrate long distances with uncanny precision of navigation, and it seems an attractive suggestion that they use the earth's magnetic field for direction.

One such species is the European eel, Anguilla anguilla L. Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the University of ...

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