Abstract
The homing instinct of limpets has long been a subject of speculation among naturalists, both amateur and professional. Aristotle stated that the limpet leaves its place on the rocks to go out to feed. This was confirmed by Reaumur. On the other hand, Borelli and others asserted that the limpet remains all its life fixed to one spot.1 The literature of the early 19th century contains numerous inconclusive observations. Lukis (1831) and Roberts (1847) for example each marked one individual of the European genus Patella and observed its movements. They disagree entirely in their findings. Lukis states that the limpet moved at night when covered by the tide; Roberts, that it moved by day, traveling when the tide was out.
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