Marine biology academics have long thought that what drives marine turtles to perform their circling dance moves each time they reach certain locations in the ocean. Researchers suggested that these unusual behavioral patterns could be related to the search for places that have food, or rather, speaking, to the achieved locations where these marine reptiles previously found prey.
A group of researchers from the USA set out to test this scientific hypothesis and attempted to determine whether a certain species of marine turtles, known as "loggerhead turtles," remember locations where food is available. The researchers concluded that turtles begin to perform these collective dances when they encounter certain magnetic conditions related to the availability of food in specific areas.
Kaila Goughort, a marine biology expert and leader of the research group, notes that these results indicate that loggerhead turtles can recognize the magnetic signature of specific locations, which helps them create magnetic maps of their surroundings, similar to a GPS system, known as "Global Positioning System."
