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.
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.
That's like spooky action at a distance.