Yes, and the whites are also the best at long distance navigating as if they were provided compasses. How does a wolf travel in a razor straight line for a mile or more? Then do a 180 and travel back just as straight but without using the original track?
They're not traveling in a straight line. Surely the GPS is set up to just grab data points at set intervals, then a line is plotted between them. And traveling back in roughly the same direction isn't that difficult. Animals do it all the time. There are natural cues that tell you which way to go.
Yeah, I was thinking there might be some data fudging, just plotting between points. But that parallel path that white took in the southwest looked unusual.
And, just like humans, the whites venture into the reds' territory.
Yes, and the whites are also the best at long distance navigating as if they were provided compasses. How does a wolf travel in a razor straight line for a mile or more? Then do a 180 and travel back just as straight but without using the original track?
There may be some data fudging there.
They're not traveling in a straight line. Surely the GPS is set up to just grab data points at set intervals, then a line is plotted between them. And traveling back in roughly the same direction isn't that difficult. Animals do it all the time. There are natural cues that tell you which way to go.
Yeah, I was thinking there might be some data fudging, just plotting between points. But that parallel path that white took in the southwest looked unusual.
It looks normal to me. Animals know instinctually how to get back to where they came from. No compass required.
Even your cat or dog will find their way home, even after wandering very far off and taking a totally different, but parallel path back.