Dogs defecate and urinate in relation to the earth's magnetic field

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Yes, apparently if dogs are placed in an open field with no clear landmarks or such, they align to the magnetic field there when "marking territory". Very weird research.

The same thing has been reportedly noted in deer and some other mammals. It makes me wonder about esoteric things like Ley-lines and the ilk, if magnetic fields have more influence on animal behaviour or even human behaviour, than we think.
 

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Given the number of people I encounter on a regular basis who cannot tell where the cardinal directions are, I'm not sure we humans are particularly blessed in sensing magnetic fields.
 
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Given the number of people I encounter on a regular basis who cannot tell where the cardinal directions are, I'm not sure we humans are particularly blessed in sensing magnetic fields.
I think that you're right. No particular sense of smell, either.
 
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Given the number of people I encounter on a regular basis who cannot tell where the cardinal directions are, I'm not sure we humans are particularly blessed in sensing magnetic fields.
I think that you're right. No particular sense of smell, either.
Our "problem" is that we think so much that we ignore most of the information our senses are delivering.
 
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Yes, apparently if dogs are placed in an open field with no clear landmarks or such, they align to the magnetic field there when "marking territory". Very weird research.

Politicians do the same thing. Huh.
 
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So I guess there is more to the territorial system than a raidus. It's really a grid.

Anyone know if there are any scientifically observable "leylines" (However you define that). They don't need to be a grid, but can be a fluid map of proven geomagnetic zones of distinction.
 
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Human olfactory abilities are actually quite good in general.

Not to be sniffed at: human sense of smell rivals that of dogs, says study
Thanks, I'd forgotten that article (getting old). I guess the reason we think so little of it is that we tend to neglect it - we don't really need it to get by.

Ironically, after a severe sinus infection a year ago, I've lost about 2/3 of my sense of smell - especially the lighter 'floral' notes. For a while, everything smelt of acetone, but that's faded and now I get a constant smell of burning wood (I keep checking there isn't a fire nearby). I do get some muffled hints of the smells I used to know. It's helpful when cleaning out the cat litter tray and emptying the bins, but not so good not being able to smell & taste the richness of food & drinks, or to know when a spot of deodorant is required. You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone...
 
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Given the number of people I encounter on a regular basis who cannot tell where the cardinal directions are, I'm not sure we humans are particularly blessed in sensing magnetic fields.

In the OP, I don't think dogs can sense that either.
It is a sub-sense.
 
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Thanks, I'd forgotten that article (getting old). I guess the reason we think so little of it is that we tend to neglect it - we don't really need it to get by.

Ironically, after a severe sinus infection a year ago, I've lost about 2/3 of my sense of smell - especially the lighter 'floral' notes. For a while, everything smelt of acetone, but that's faded and now I get a constant smell of burning wood (I keep checking there isn't a fire nearby). I do get some muffled hints of the smells I used to know. It's helpful when cleaning out the cat litter tray and emptying the bins, but not so good not being able to smell & taste the richness of food & drinks, or to know when a spot of deodorant is required. You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone...

I don't you what you do. But one of my colleague smelled too much acetone in a lab and died.
Do not smell acetone.
 
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I don't you what you do. But one of my colleague smelled too much acetone in a lab and died.
Do not smell acetone.
Thanks, I know about acetone - it's not that dangerous, not officially recognised as a toxic chemical; that's why it's a common industrial solvent. We actually make acetone in the liver. Your colleague would have had to be drinking the stuff to do serious damage. Inhaling it in large quantities just makes you fall asleep.

What I said was that everything smelled of acetone.
 
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Thanks, I know about acetone - it's not that dangerous, not officially recognised as a toxic chemical; that's why it's a common industrial solvent. We actually make acetone in the liver. Your colleague would have had to be drinking the stuff to do serious damage. Inhaling it in large quantities just makes you fall asleep.

What I said was that everything smelled of acetone.

That means you know well how acetone smells. I used acetone for 3 years and quit.

He used acetone to wash lab ware and samples for years (for isotope work). He died of cancer at age 40+. We all know it is the acetone which killed him.
 
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That means you know well how acetone smells. I used acetone for 3 years and quit.
Yes, I've used acetone in lab work - and at home. Most nail varnish remover is basically acetone.

He used acetone to wash lab ware and samples for years (for isotope work). He died of cancer at age 40+. We all know it is the acetone which killed him.
You don't know that. It's not a known carcinogen, so it was probably just bad luck - lab techs get cancer just like everyone else.
 
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Yes, I've used acetone in lab work - and at home. Most nail varnish remover is basically acetone.

You don't know that. It's not a known carcinogen, so it was probably just bad luck - lab techs get cancer just like everyone else.

OK. But I believe that.
You don't know that either.
 
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OK. But I believe that.
You don't know that either.
True, I don't know it; but follow the data: given that many people have been occupationally exposed to it for many years, and the testing that's been done explicitly looking for carcinogenic effects without any significant findings, the evidence is strongly in favour of acetone not being the culprit.

That you choose to believe that it is despite the evidence, doesn't surprise me and suggests you don't think like a scientist.
 
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Article attached.

Yes, apparently if dogs are placed in an open field with no clear landmarks or such, they align to the magnetic field there when "marking territory". Very weird research.

The same thing has been reportedly noted in deer and some other mammals. It makes me wonder about esoteric things like Ley-lines and the ilk, if magnetic fields have more influence on animal behaviour or even human behaviour, than we think.

I've got two and I'll start taking notes and create some poop-graphs for everyone.
 
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