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Tuesday, October 25. 2016

Why don't animals get lost?


Well, they do get lost. Animals with home territories tend not to get lost because they learn their area from childhood. However, animals that range widely as they mature often end up in wrong places and pay the price (eg bears, mountain lions, etc).


Long-distance migration remains a mystery, at least partly, in birds.


For all of the stories of dogs and cats arriving home after months, such stories are newsworthy because they are so rare. The vast majority of lost or abandoned pets never return home.


The Amazing Science Behind Pets That Find Their Way Home


How Do Animals Keep from Getting Lost?



Posted by Bird Dog in Natural History and Conservation at 16:03 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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They don't get lost because they're not ashamed to ask for directions
#1 tanik on 2016-10-25 16:27 (Reply)
I ride a mule. If 'we' get lost in the woods,I can drop the reins and he'll go back home, camp or the trailer. .by 'we' I mean us humans.
#2 Fjord on 2016-10-25 18:06 (Reply)
Our neighborhood backs to a horse ranch. The old yellow lab that resides there periodically ends up in our neighborhood wandering around and looking for home. We all recognize her and whoever happens to "find" her knows to lead her back to the fence where she immediately recognizes where she is and heads through the pasture for home.
#3 rocdoctom on 2016-10-26 13:31 (Reply)

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