Pigeon

[fire]

if any one can answer this it would really help.
How dose a homeing pigeon find its way back home.
Does it have some thing to do with the megnetic feild of the earth.by any chance

[Clanad]

Here's a good article on the subject:
http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/061113_ pigeon_homing.html

[heathfield]

Strange, but true - the Italian Navy used homing pigeons to carry messages between warships during operations in WWII. Work that one out!

[wildwood]

Pigeons were also extensively used in both world wars and have saved thousands of human lives by transporting vital information to their 'home base'.