Dogs use the Earth's magnetic field when they're relieving themselves. Not only that, but canines choose to do so in a north-south axis, a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Zoology says. The study suggests that dogs are sensitive to small variations in Earth's magnetic field. After examining 70 dogs -- made up of 37 breeds -- over two years, 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations, researchers found that under "calm magnetic field conditions,"

  • @[email protected]
    7•2 years ago

    Read that the other day too. Then I observed my dog for a couple of days but can’t confirm. Doggo shits in any direction.

    EDIT: lol @ the image in the description

  • J4YC33 (They/Them)
    7•2 years ago

    Scatology is one of those things that I feel like isn’t taken seriously enough.

    Then studies like this happen 🙃

  • m-p{3}
    2•2 years ago

    My dog definitely doesn’t follow the alignment, as he mostly do a circle of poop around him, by rotating while shitting 😂

    Or he either look at me, asserting his dominance while pushing one out.