Insect Orientation: The Travails of Going Straight.
A study of dung beetles rolling dung balls to safety reveals unexpected facets of the beetle's acquisition and use of celestial information for keeping to a straight path.
School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK. Electronic address: t.s.collett@sussex.ac.uk.
Thomas S
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Collett
Centre de recherche sur la cognition animal, CNRS, Universite de Toulouse,118 Route de Narbonne, 31062 Toulouse, France. Electronic address: antoine.wystrach@gmail.com.
Antoine
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Wystrach
School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QG, UK. Electronic address: p.r.graham@sussex.ac.uk.
Paul
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Graham
D000818:Animals; D001517:Coleoptera; D003463:Cues; D005243:Feces; D009949:Orientation; D000072458:Orientation, Spatial