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If I'm not wrong, several species of animals, for example those living in dry areas of Africa, have the ability to find water many kilometers away. They may be in a dry area with no water around, and say, the nearest small dwell 20 Kms away in North direction, and somehow they can orientate themselves and walk North until finding the water rather than taking some other random direction which would lead them to dead by dehydration.
Is there any scientific studies / evidence for which mechanisms do they use to achieve that? for relatively nearby water sources I guess that wind might carry some moisture molecules to their nose, but I doubt that this can be the case for distant water sources.
Is there any scientific studies / evidence for which mechanisms do they use to achieve that? for relatively nearby water sources I guess that wind might carry some moisture molecules to their nose, but I doubt that this can be the case for distant water sources.