homing instinct

See if the snails in your garden have a homing instinct.

I forgot to say above that mice have a homing instinct.

It appeared to wander at random and did not seem to have a homing instinct.

Perhaps it was the homing instinct in him asserting itself that made the idea persist.

In other words, do squirrels have a homing instinct?

If nothing else, the Hart provided a forceful illustration of the homing instinct.

I could have lost the homing instinct completely.

He noted how the establishing of habits was part of the homing instinct.

But he was compelled as if through some atavistic homing instinct to cross the river, take them into the forest.

In addition, the bears' homing instinct renders any relocation of less than 100 miles futile.

If you want to study pigeons you study their homing instinct.

It was this homing instinct of my companions that led me into the adventures I am about to narrate.

Ruth's experiment involved testing the homing instincts of snails.

Our daughter wanted to leave a note for friends-in-transit who, she was sure, would with an unfailing homing instinct show up in due time.

"A homing instinct: one crazy heading for another," Alicja said when her daughter phoned with the news.

"Ever hear of a homing instinct in animals-not merely birds but domestic dogs or cats?"

He hadn't lost his homing instinct, however.

Scots have a fantastic homing instinct and a castle is their ultimate property."

Crocodiles may possess a form of homing instinct.

"Stem cells do have a homing instinct," Patel agrees.

I followed an old homing instinct.

Perhaps the possession of a marvelous homing instinct lessened the need of long range vision for them.

Unusually for bats, the cave myotis does not have a good homing instinct.

They have a more finely honed homing instinct than pigeons and live as long as apes.