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Published online 20 October 1999 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news991021-8

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Magnetic molluscs in motion

There's more to the marine mollusc, Tritonia diomedea, than meets the eye. It may look like many another mucilaginous invertebrate but beneath its slimy exterior lurks the ability to navigate according to the magnetic field of the Earth.

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