The possibilities of orientation and finding the way back
Keywords:
environmental effects, sensing of stimuli, responses, adaptation ability of species and individuals, natural selection, conscious selectionAbstract
Science, using the possibilities of technical development, has achieved more and more correct and substantially new results during the last century but especially the last 20-30 years. Certain scientific achievements bear significant economic benefit as well, while others help understanding processes and events better, and finally there is a great number of such special fields, where the exploration still has numerous “white” patches from scientific aspect. One example is the orientation of animals, and the motivating internal physiological and the external environmental impacts.
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