SciShow's video: Foxes Might Use Magnetic Fields to Hunt

How do foxes know where to pounce when they can't see their prey? There's evidence they're using the Earth's magnetic field to help. Hosted by: Michael Aranda SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Silas Emrys, Jb Taishoff, Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2010.1145 https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.2897947 https://www.pnas.org/content/106/2/353 https://www.cell.com/biophysj/fulltext/S0006-3495(00)76629-X https://www.nature.com/articles/srep21848 Image Sources: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/closeup-portrait-of-red-fox-in-profile-isolated-on-black-gm506508486-84247307 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/closeup-portrait-of-smiled-red-fox-isolated-on-black-gm506508326-84247157 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/red-fox-approaching-on-meadow-in-autumn-nature-gm1281242006-379330223 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/cool-shot-of-a-red-fox-pouncing-on-mice-in-a-field-at-sunset-h_76mpip-j68j4qmh https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/red-fox-scenting-gm1170768002-324097666 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/basic-compass-rose-gm937821298-256487860 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/red-fox-pouncing-on-prey-in-yellowstone-national-park-wyoming-gm635703686-112356359 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/red-fox-pounce-gm1220226093-357220999 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/futuristic-heads-up-display-n-pmwva3eilqmmmpc https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/birds-flying-in-slow-motion-flock-of-migrating-geese-in-flight-snm3tpznikavcwsxh https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/wild-fox-in-her-nature-environment-sbshyxvd7jlzlxk01 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/abstract-background-with-optical-fibers-seamless-loop-sh687ymqmjbr0bmmg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/birds-flying-in-blue-sky-tranquil-background-nature-scene-rerolphwik8ld1d9y https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/cannabis-and-dog-brain-horizontal-infographic-gm1158605344-316547679 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/fox-in-a-autumn-mountain-gm172861233-6466469 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/red-fox-vulpes-vulpes-in-the-snow-hunting-in-yellowstone-national-park-wy-gm1215785692-354253022