A hatchling turtle 'dancing' (VIDEO)

The Company of Biologists

Caption

A young loggerhead turtle 'dancing' (tilting its body, opening its mouth and waggling its front flippers) in response to a magnetic field it has learned to associate with food.

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Video credit: Alayna Mackiewicz

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