[Rockhounds] Cows point north thanks to magnetite crystals

[Glenn Wimpee]

I think more study is needed over a broader sample of bovines.
 
IMHO most grazers feed facing into the wind. This keeps the methane away from their olfactory end.
Glenn 



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