The geomagnetic field as a source of directional information The Earth, due to its constituent characteristics, is comparable to a huge magnet. We live like this, like it or not, immersed in the lines of force of its magnetic field. These envelop our planet starting from a point close to […]
N. Emilio Baldaccini
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That animals knew how to use the sun to guide their large or small movements was the first important acquisition in the field of orientation towards a defined destination (migration and homing).Felix Santschi, a doctor who moved from Switzerland, operated in Kairouan, Tunisia in the early 1900s. With simple field […]
To choose and maintain a direction of movement you need a compass. But what’s the point of a compass if I don’t know my position with respect to the destination I want to reach?When a racing pigeon intends to embark on its flight home, it must first understand where home […]
SEPTEMBER, let’s go.It’s time to migrate.Now in the land of Abruzzo my shepherdsthey leave the pens and go towards the sea:they descend to the wild Adriaticthat is green like the pastures of the mountains.The Shepherds – Gabriele D’Annunzio Transhumance is true migration, a behavior of regular commuting between two places […]
“Upupa, ilare uccello calunniatodai poeti, che roti la tua crestasopra l’aereo stollo del pollaioe come un finto gallo giri al vento;nunzio primaverile, upupa, comeper te il tempo s’arresta,non muore più il Febbraio,come tutto di fuori si protendeal muover del tuo capo,aligero folletto, e tu lo ignori” Eugenio Montale – “Ossi […]