During this five week blogging period, we have discussed insects with cognitive maps and landmarks, birds with magnetoreception, mammals with path integration in the absence of landmarks, and fish with hydrostatic pressure. For our final blog post, we will be…
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Fish – Navigation in an Extra Dimension
Fish exist in a completely different environment than humans. Although humans can jump or sit on the ground, we don’t have the ability to naturally fly, meaning we don’t traditionally think in terms of navigating up or down. However, fish…
Path Integration in Mammals
The last two posts have focused on the navigation methods of non-mammals, such as birds and insects, which may be a little bit difficult to fully relate to. But today, we will be discussing mammals, including humans, as the navigation…
Birds and Magnets – Navigation by Magnetoreception
One interesting form of navigation is magnetoreception; the use of the Earth’s magnetic field to determine location of oneself and other objects. Unlike navigation by sight or smell, magnetoreception is a sense that humans can’t relate to, as they simply…
Navigation in Insects – How Do They Get Home?
To many people, insects don’t exactly come across as “sophisticated” animals. However, there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to these small creatures. The amazing navigation systems of insects, such as the “waggle dance” of bees to communicate…