Recent research suggests that a homing pigeon can navigate to its home coop from any direction by using ____ as
their compass and ____ as their map.
a. the position of the Sun; olfactory cues
b. the position of the stars;other visual cues
c. olfactory cues; the position of the stars
d. olfactory cues; the position of the Sun
e. landmarks; olfactory cues
ANSWER: a
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