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- From: andrewt@watson.ibm.com (Andrew Taylor)
- Subject: Re: Homing Pigeons
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.030008.74941@watson.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:00:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.002157.5248@reed.edu> pbray@gluttony.reed.edu
- (Peter Bray) writes:
- >I recently bought a pair of breeding homing pigeons. i was dismayed to find
- >out, though, that the pair will "home" to the site that they were born at.
- >Is there anyway to "reset" there homing ability to a place of my desire?
-
- Pigeons navigate via variations in the earths magnetic field. You can
- "de-program" your pigeons by passing a degaussing wand (like TV servicemen
- use) slowly about 1cm above their head. It will take them about a week
- to re-program to their current location.
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- Andrew Taylor
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