Soprano pipistrelles migrate lengthy distances
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Migratory bats use a magnetic sense to navigate lengthy distances, calibrating their inner compass primarily based on the place of the setting solar every night.
Many animals could use Earth’s magnetic subject both to orient themselves or to navigate, together with turtles, birds and presumably even people. Until now, there was no direct proof that migratory mammals additionally use this sense, known as magnetoreception.
Migratory bats journey tons of and even hundreds of kilometres every year. As nocturnal voyagers, they will’t depend on visible cues, akin to …
