Dogs Align Themselves to Earth's Magnetic Field When Pooping

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By Breanna Draxler
Jan 2, 2014 8:39 PMOct 24, 2019 7:41 PM
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Dogs seem to do their business wherever they feel like it, sometimes in very unfortunate places like neighbors’ yards and kids’ sandboxes. But scientists now say it isn’t random: dogs actually align themselves with the Earth’s magnetic field before dropping a doody.

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