Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study finds (2014)

Re:Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study... by amelius on Saturday February 08, 2020 @05:57PM (#22279189)

> and if the sun is out, they almost always settle on a position where they're not facing directly into the sun.

The (linked) article says:

> (...) This calls for necessity to test whether the dog alignment is not actually influenced primarily by time of the day and most probably by position of the sun on the sky. We can, however, exclude this alternative. (...)

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Re:Dogs poop in alignment with Earth’s magnetic field, study... by nate_meurer on Saturday February 08, 2020 @06:06PM (#22279244)

This has been discussed elsewhere in this thread. See my earlier comments for a rebuttal. Others like jwmerrill, dodobirdlord, MrEldritch, etc. have also made insightful remarks.

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