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rini@wetdry.world

rini ☁️

birds use quantum tunneling to see the earth's magnetic field
there is seemingly no other plausible explanation for it
what are these creatures up to

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rini@wetdry.world

rini ☁️

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now I get the people that say birds aren't real. what the fuck

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sylventic

dr. void, the bobm scientist

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in-topic joke
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niko@furry.engineer

Niko neofox_flag_nb_256 neofox_flag_trans_256

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@rini holy shit what the fuck

> Experiments on migratory birds provide evidence that they make use of a cryptochrome protein in the eye, relying on the quantum radical pair mechanism to perceive magnetic fields.

these fuckers can’t be real

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freeplay@wetdry.world

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ablobfoxbongohyper‮‮‮‮‮‮

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@niko @rini foxes can also use the earth's magnetic field to help hunt for prey, it's part of why they pounce into the snow (and sometimes miss because iirc, you need to be facing a certain direction for it to be more accurate i think ?) neofox_floof

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freeplay@wetdry.world

Freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ablobfoxbongohyper‮‮‮‮‮‮

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@niko hehehhe hhe e e ablobfoxbongohyper

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jackemled@furry.engineer

Luna Lactea

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@niko @rini Why don't birds just be normal & use magnetite dust in their brains like humans?

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