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     For more than twenty years scientists have been seeking to understand the mystery of the "sixth sense" of
direction. By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one, they are now getting closer to one answer.
     One funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass (指南针).
     Our earth itself is a big magnet (磁体). So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines itself with the big
earth magnet to point north and south. When people discovered that idea about a thousand years ago and
invented the compass,it allowed sailors to navigate (航海) on ocean voyages, even under cloudy skies.
     Actually the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in nature.
     Many birds migrate twice a year between their summer homes and winter homes. Some of them fly for
thousands of kilometers and mostly at night. Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star
patterns. But they can keep on course even under cloudy skies. How can they do that?
     A common bird that does not migrate but is great at finding its way home is the homing pigeon. Not all
pigeons can find their way home. Those that can are very good at it, and they have been widely studied.
     One interesting experiment was to attach little magnets to the birds' heads to block their magnetic sense-just
as a loud radio can keep you from hearing a call to dinner. On sunny days, that did not fool the pigeons.
Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going. But on cloudy days,the pigeons with magnets
could not find their way. It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense.
     Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees. These insects also seem to
have a special sense of direction.
     In spite of the experiments,the idea of an animal compass seemed pretty extraordinary. How would an
animal get the magnetic stuff for a compass.
     An answer came from an unexpected source. A scientist was studying bacteria that live in the mud of ponds
and marshes. He found accidentally little rod-like bacteria that all swam together in one direction-north.
     Further study showed that each little bacterium had a chain of dense particles inside,which proved magnetic. The bacteria had made themselves into little magnets that could line up with the earth's magnet.
     The big news was that a living thing,even a simple bacterium, can make magnetite. That led to a search to
see whether animals might have it.. By using a special instrument called magnetometer, scientists were able to
find magnetite in bees and birds, and even in fish. In each animal,except for the bee. The magnetic stuff was
always in or closer to the brain. Thus the idea of a built-in animal compass began to seem reasonable.
The Magnetic Sense-The Living Compass
Passage outline Supporting details
The existence of the earth
magnet and the invention
of the navigating compass
◇Our earth is a big magnet and a little freely (1)______
magnetic needle lines itself with the earth magnet to
point north and south.
◇(2)______ on the idea above, the navigating
compass was invented.
The possibility of birds'
built-in compasses
◇ One piece of evidence is the (3)______ of many
birds between their summer homes and winter homes.
◇ Birds can recognize star patterns on clear nights and
keep on course (4)______ under cloudy skies
The (5)______ on
pigeons' and bees' built-in
compasses
◇Little magnets were tied to the pigeons' heads to (6)______
their magnetic sense.
◇The pigeons' magnetic sense seemed to be affected on
(7)______ days. ◇Similar things with the same results were done with
bees.
The (8)______ of
the magnetic stuff for the
animal compass
◇Little rod-like bacteria were found by chance to swim
together in the direction of (9)______.
◇Some animals had a chain of dense magnetic particles in
or close to the (10)______ inside their bodies.
1. swinging   2. Based   3. migration   4. even   5. experiments/tests/study/research
6. block   7. cloudy   8. discovery   9. north   10. brain(s)
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