Dogs align themselves with Earth’s magnetic field when it comes time to poop

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[Perdogg]

Dogs have been found to be sensitive to Earth's magnetic field, and apparently align themselves along the magnetic north-south axis before they defecate. Czech and German researchers studied 70 dogs during 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations over the course of two years, and found that when the Earth's magnetic field was stable the dogs chose to align themselves with it. When it was unstable, such as during a solar flare, the dogs would become confused.

[Slings and Arrows]

None for me, thanks.

[GreenHornet]

Dogs align themselves with Earth’s magnetic field when it comes time to poop

Women and minorities hardest hit.

[KGeorge]

LOL That’s what I was thinking about. (Someone I know calls it “s#!+ and spin”)

Do only males do this? My 3 boys, do, but my 4 girls never have.

[Hot Tabasco]

Not that anyone’s interested but I always aim south and never into the wind.......

[Bob]

If you ever get lost in the woods with your dog, you’ll be blessing your lucky stars that this research was done. How many people can say that they have a furry compass?

[dirtboy]

Next time I am lost in the woods I will tell my dog to take a dump and will sight north nose to tail. Who needs a GPS? I got a PPS (Poop Positioning System).

[afraidfortherepublic]

How about cows? Have you ever noticed that cows in a field all face the same direction?

[Anton.Rutter]

I align my farts in Obama’s general direction... ;)

[tractorman]

Keep in mind he dogs rule of thumb.

If you can’t eat it or have sex with, pee on it.

[rockrr]

They seem to have an affinity for expensive books too ;’)

[Arrowhead1952]

Cats automatically align all vomiting with soft, expensive floorings and furniture. If they feel the need to puke, they will race across yards and yards of hardwood floor or stone tile to reach the soft expensive persian rug and then heave.

You have that pegged. I don't remember the number of times I would wake up to that (or my wife would punch me in the ribs) to hear "Burhgh, burhgh, burhgh," in the middle of the night.

[the OlLine Rebel]

My dog lines up in all different directions.

But then, in everything, she’s never been normal.

[Ingtar]

The (magnetic) force is strong with your yard!

[Popman]

If you ever get lost in the woods with your dog, you’ll be blessing your lucky stars that this research was done.

That may be true for Pajama Boy...who probably can't find his ass with both hands...and a furry compass...(Did I actually type that ? )

I was born in an age when boys were taught things like map reading, to navigate by the sun or stars...

Push come to shove on a cloudy day... I'd check out how my dog poops... :)

[taildragger]

I am gonna put a shingle out as a Dung Shui specialist so high end dog owners have have fido harmonize his BM with his environment. {:-9...

[peteyd]

As long as magnatized feet don’t bring poop in the house,he
can spin and squat wherever.

[Ingtar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kv5hgCgOnE

Everyone Poops as read by “Morgan Freeman”.

[Ditter]

I have 2 males and 2 females and none of them really spin like some dogs I have seen. Mine just sort of wander around until they find the spot. My brother has a female and she spins so maybe it is just an individual thing.

[laker_dad]

Our black lab always spins counter-clockwise to poop. Sometimes she doesn’t stop moving to let it go. We call her the poop sprinkler...

[onona]

Who remembers back years ago when in choosing seats at a card table, bridge player teams would ask which way the bath tub ran in the home where the bridge game was being played? It was a frequent “old joke” at card games in the 60s and 70s.

ummm.......no one ever ?