Why do cats find their way home?

The owner of this cat lives in the city of Rostov-na-Dona, brought with him when visiting a friend's house in the city of Crasnodon in Lugansk province, Ukraine and his uncle lost his employer here.

A strange thing happened, this cat crossed the 200km path to find with his employer in a state of exhaustion, but his health was not serious.

From the above story, German scientists conducted a series of experiments to test the cat's orientation. For the first time, they put cats in a sealed box, transported around the city and released. This cat quickly found his way back soon. The second time they took another cat out of the city, going through more complicated paths, making the cat unable to navigate by relying on the sky. As a result, this cat still correctly identified 98% of the way home.

Even when injecting sleeping pills, cats can still find their way home. But if they tie a magnet to the cat, they start to get confused about choosing the way back.

Since then, scientists have concluded that the iron component in cat tissues acts as compasses, responding to the Earth's magnetic field. This is exactly why cats can find their way back.