Cows Have Strange Sixth Sense - Live Science


Cows Have Strange Sixth Sense - Live Science

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Using Google Earth, scientists have shown that cows - as well as red and roe deer - usually face magnetic north or south, depending on weather conditions. Could it be that, like birds, cows really do have a "sixth sense?" Click the link to read the entire article at Live Science and see related photographs. Please view my other blurbs and bits for more interesting articles, essays, recipes, poems, advice, and other information!

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Idlewild's picture

Magnetic cows

Interesting stuff. Birds and insects use the earth's magnetism to navigate and find their way home, but I'm curious as to what benefit cows get from this magnetic sensitivity.