Sentences with phrase «compass as they swim»
Such bacteria use chains of the crystals as a compass as they swim in search of nutrients.
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Previous research had identified only cases in which bacteria as a whole, filled with magnetic particles, are being oriented like compass needles for swimming in the right direction.
As an alternative it's not a bad idea to swim to the most Southernmost pillar (if you went from the easy beach entry south of the pier) for your return and head back via a predetermined compass bearing or rough direction, which you can determine from the slope of the reef.