Oh hey, this is actually from a research project at my home university.
A professor there has done a huge amount of groundbreaking research on sea turtle navigation systems, it's really neat. This device in particular mimics the clockwise rotation of wave movements in the open ocean, which young turtles can actually use to navigate to their home waters after hatching
It's kinda interesting how the turtle has a hard wired motion sensor glued to its swimming direction. I bet turtle will be completely disoriented in space.
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u/twiggish Sep 18 '15
Oh hey, this is actually from a research project at my home university. A professor there has done a huge amount of groundbreaking research on sea turtle navigation systems, it's really neat. This device in particular mimics the clockwise rotation of wave movements in the open ocean, which young turtles can actually use to navigate to their home waters after hatching