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Originally Posted by Sparky10
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Rosie poops East/West.
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I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but reading the articles carefully...
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The researchers found that dogs prefer to point along the north-south axis when they do their business – as long as the magnetic field is stable. When the magnetic field shifts – say, because of an oncoming solar storm – it becomes more difficult to see the pattern, Begall said.
“We were quite frustrated, because we couldn't find a clear preference for a certain direction,” Begall said. “Then, we sorted the data according to the prevailing [magnetic-field] conditions at the time of recording, and this analysis revealed a highly significant and predictable effect.”
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A quick check of the
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The authors caution that more research is needed — in part because ‘normal’ magnetic conditions occurred only in 30% of the cases studied for this work.
Ibid.
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This might suggest that there is a
70% chance that any given dog may not fit the pattern at any given time/place—or that the theory/study is full of what the dogs are doing.
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Ol' Furface tends to get his nose into the wind (prevailing WSW-ENE) which also
seems logical, but most of all we should remember...
WE'RE not dogs! .
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