3. Some recent studies have found that dogs usually try to “go to the bathroom” in such a way that they’re aligned with the earth’s magnetic field. Both sexes defecate in the north or south direction, but only females prefer to urinate that way, too.
Dogs are already known for having a great sense of direction and very keen sense of hearing. Their tendency to want to go to the bathroom while facing either entirely to the north or entirely to the south indicates that they have another sense — a sixth one! This is the ability to be able to determine the Earth’s magnetic field. However, they are only able to use this so-called sixth sense when there are no disturbances in the Earth’s magnetic field.
There are other animals like cows and foxes who can also sense the Earth’s magnetic field, but scientists are still examining what this means.
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