| Discovery—Scientists
Find the Monarch's Clock!
In 2009, scientists made an unexpected finding. The clock the monarchs
use to orient is located in the antennae! Scientists had assumed
the special clock would be in the brain. They made their discovery
after dipping the monarch's antennae in black paint.
- How
do you think covering the antennae with black paint revealed the
monarch's clock's was located on the antennae?
Photo: Elizabeth Howard
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