Homing suggests an obvious question: how do the animals find their way home?
Homing suggests an obvious question: how do the animals find their way home?
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The ''Encyclopædia Britannica''<ref>Vol. 14, p. 668, 1991 edition</ref> describes this remarkable confirmation of extraordinary homing powers of a bird:
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The ''Encyclopædia Britannica''<ref>Vol. 14, p. 668, 1991 edition.</ref> describes this remarkable confirmation of extraordinary homing powers of a bird:
:A Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) returned from Massachusetts to [its nest in] Britain, 4,900 kilometres (3,050 miles) across the Atlantic, in 12½ days.
:A Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) returned from Massachusetts to [its nest in] Britain, 4,900 kilometres (3,050 miles) across the Atlantic, in 12½ days.
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Materialists have even suggested that birds must somehow sense gravity waves and engage in homing based on them. But not even our most sophisticated laboratory equipment can sense gravity waves.
Materialists have even suggested that birds must somehow sense gravity waves and engage in homing based on them. But not even our most sophisticated laboratory equipment can sense gravity waves.
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Discussions of homing abilities are omitted from grade and high school textbooks, thereby ignoring this unexplained but widespread phenomenon. This is further evidence that examples of divine influence in the natural world are systematically censored by the "scientific" community.{{fact}}
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Discussions of homing abilities are omitted from grade and high school textbooks, thereby ignoring this unexplained but widespread phenomenon. This is further evidence that examples of divine influence in the natural world are systematically censored by the "scientific" community.