Re: Homing Pigeons Lost abilities????
sno ( sno@GroupZ.net )
Fri, 09 Oct 1998 23:55:10 -0400
This is the first time there has been such a great loss
of pigeons on the east coast...has happened before on
west coast...and other places in the world...it is a
temporary thing...no one knows why it happens...some people
speculate that it has to do with major earthquakes, not
necessarily around where it happens....but major earthquake
somewhere on the earth...just added info....steve
>
> "Jerry W. Decker" wrote:
> >
> > Hi Folks!
> >
> > The following interesting email was sent in recently that seems to
> > indicate some kind of change in the earth's magnetic field. There has
> > been an awful lot of talk about this new 'repulsive' energy which
> > appears to be the opposite of gravity (apergy) and the most recent
> > report of the satellites leaving our system at a slower rate than
> > calculated...could there be a correlation with this intense magnetic
> > burst??
> > =============
> > Hello Jerry,
> >
> > According to an article in the Washington Post, homing pigeons are
> > having trouble finding their way. Last week, 1800 pigeons were released
> > in a 200-mile race but 1500 failed to arrive home. Since then, many
> > other homing pigeons have failed to return.
> >
> > No one knows why homing pigeons have suddenly lost their homing ability.
> > But then, no one knows for sure how homing pigeons navigate. According
> > to one theory, they navigate by sensing the direction of the earth's
> > magnetic field. Some experimental studies support this theory.
> >
> > In one experiment, homing pigeons carrying small magnets became confused
> > and flew in circles or refused to fly at all. Could it be that some
> > recent event has nullified the ability of pigeons to sense a magnetic
> > field?
> >
> > What on earth could have such an effect? The Post article doesn't
> > speculate about that.
> >
> > Maybe it wasn't something on earth, but something in space. On August
> > 27, the star known as SGR 1900+14 emitted an enormous burst of X-rays
> > and gamma rays.
> >
> > It also emitted a very powerful pulse of magnetic energy, the most
> > powerful ever measured from an extraterrestrial source. Could that brief
> > but powerful magnetic pulse have destroyed the ability of homing pigeons
> > to navigate?
> >
> > If so, perhaps the next generation of pigeons will regain that ability.
> > But if so few of the pigeons return home, there may not be a next
> > generation of homing pigeons.
> > --
> > Jerry Wayne Decker / jdecker@keelynet.com
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