Dogs possess an ability that humans can only dream of

[Mike Wehner]

• A new study reveals that dogs are incredibly good at forging shortcuts in areas that are unfamiliar to them.
• The impressive ability appears to be connected to the dogs being able to tap into their own internal compass, governed by the Earth's magnetic field.
• The dogs proved to be excellent at coming up with their own routes even when they had no guidance, finding their goal without issue.

Dogs are man's best friend, but while we may think that our four-legged friends depend on us for a lot, they possess some abilities that humans could only dream of. Their sense of smell is far keener than our own, their eyesight can detect even the slightest movement, and as a new research paper reveals, they appear to be in tune with Earth's magnetic field in a way that allows them to find shortcuts when traveling.

Dogs, it seems, have the ability to navigate toward a goal by forging new, more efficient paths than the ones they already know. This hints at an ability to sense direction and location based on an internal compass that, thus far, has gone unstudied.

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