Note: this topic is from . Thanks mandaladon. I'm sure early adopters among our ancestors domesticated dogs in order to keep from getting lost on long hunting trips.
Posted on 01/04/2014 7:08:06 AM PST by mandaladon
A team of European scientists with way too much time on its hands has discovered that dogs tend to position themselves in alignment with the earth’s magnetic field before they take every big, steamy dump.
The Czech and German researchers committed two years of their professional lives to the longitudinal study of canine crap, reports The Christian Science Monitor. The point was to determine magnetic sensitivity in dogs—at least when they poop.
The proud scientists say the findings “open new horizons for biomagnetic research.”
There were 37 dog owners in Germany and the Czech Republic involved in the study. There were 70 dogs. The owners doggedly (har, har) measured the direction of their canines’ spines when they ate, rested, urinated and defecated.
There were 7,475 discrete pooping and peeing events. All of them happened outside. The exact breakdown, if you must know, was 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations.
Based on the observations, the insightful scientists concluded that the dogs prefer to pinch their canine loaves “aligned along the North-south axis” when magnetic field conditions are calm, according to National Public Radio.
The scientists say the wealth of data suggests that dogs actively try to avoid pooping on the dreaded east-west axis, or when the magnetic field is not calm.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Who paid for this grant? This “scientist” should go to work for Al Gore...or get a real dog like mine that could care less about a compass bearing.
What’s more interesting is that in the northern hemisphere, they “coil” clockwise — and the opposite in the lands down under.....just like terlet flushing.
Dogs align themselves with Earth’s magnetic field when it comes time to poop
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3107660/posts
So do liberals.
This will probably get zotted. I didn’t write it.
First comment at the link you provided:
Do you think that Stanley Ann Dunham circled and aligned herself with the Earth’s magnetic field before giving birth to Barack?
Note: this topic is from . Thanks mandaladon. I'm sure early adopters among our ancestors domesticated dogs in order to keep from getting lost on long hunting trips.
I pretty much debunked this with my own exhaustive research years ago. Mine pretty much like to face the driveway (sorta east-ish) or any direction if there is some other action in the yard they need to keep an eye on.
Sort of like Jerry Naddler the other day when he loaded his pants when on stage with Nancy at press briefing!
We are truly fortunate to have scientists to keep track of wonders such as this.
OR north winds are cold and they want to expose as little of their body area as possible when pooping.
Now it's NEWS when a dog takes a dump
And it aligns the earth with its rump
I'm not academic
But does this top the pandemic?
And even the tax problems of Trump ?.......
Leni
Nice! ;o)
Leni
“BREAKING NEWS !
Now it’s NEWS when a dog takes a dump
And it aligns the earth with its rump
I’m not academic
But does this top the pandemic?
And even the tax problems of Trump ?.......
Leni”
Very clever, lol. Good one.
Not-so-golden retrievers of data, or maybe not-so-golden data...
If I may:
It’s known when a dog takes a dump
It squats North to South, nose to rump
Though not too aware
Of news public square
It beats all the sh*t about Trump!
How does she get the window open?
Agree, and my canine pretty much aligns himself to the direction we happen to be walking at the time.
You're on the ball, y'all !
Leni
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