Is navigation by Milky Way, limited to dung beetles ? Did other animals/species evolve to do so too ?
Apparently, yes. All the cool critters do it!
Thank you @Dung_Beetle for granting my wish.
Thank you @Dung_Beetle. That’s great.
I only see 4 or 5 living things there. It seems surprising that such an useful trait did not spread more during evolution.
Well, beetles are not closely related to mammals, so it would need to have a very low chance of being independently selected for, or else throughout related species.
Other animals navigate using a diverse number of modalities. Some use electrical fields, particularly to detect prey, or magnetic fields for navigation, like some salmonids. Bees and many more use the sun.
Do crickets do that?
< sings > When you poop under the stars… < sings >