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How do foxes know where to pounce when they can't see their prey? There's evidence they're using the Earth's magnetic field to help.

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Sources:
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2010.1145
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2897947
https://www.pnas.org/content/106/2/353
https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(00)76629-X#secd2694213e1001
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep21848

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