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WASHINGTON (AFP) – Forget Google Maps – sharks can read the Earth’s magnetic field like a GPS navigator to find their way, a study in Current Biology showed recently. Lead author Bryan Keller told AFP the paper vindicates a decades-old theory about how the aquatic predators are able to migrate vast distances, swim in arrow-straight […]

Nature’s GPS: Sharks read magnetic fields for directions AFP/Washington Filed on May 6, 2021 An aerial view of people using their phones and cameras to film a shark swimming past in the shallow Mediterranean Sea water off the Israeli coastal town of Hadera north of Tel Aviv. (AFP file) Sharks are also known to have a fine-tuned electrosensing ability that helps them detect prey Forget Google Maps — sharks can read the Earth’s magnetic field like a GPS navigator to find their way, ...