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Letter: Sunflowers don't turn to the sun

Published 13 January 2016

From Graham Worthington

You quote naturalist Scott Weidensaul saying “like sunflowers, [snowy owls] always turn to face the sun so their backs are always in the shade” (19/26 December 2015, p 53).

Once the buds have opened, sunflowers all face east and .
Broad Hinton, Wiltshire, UK

Issue no. 3056 published 16 January 2016

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