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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 02:59 PM Original message |
Do animals get a "forewarning" prior to natural disasters? |
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TK421 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. They can hear things and see things that we can't....so it wouldn't |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. hell yes. in the great Atlanta Quake of 2003 (4.9) the cats went nuts about five seconds prior |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 03:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I heard on one of the TV news trailers |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
4. My cat tried hard to get me to hide in the closet with him as a hurricane approached. |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
5. I think so, but I'd wager more within a few minutes of the disaster hitting. |
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BarenakedLady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
6. It wouldn't surprise me. |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
7. Had a parakeet one time |
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Inchworm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. Ants make higher mounds before a big rain |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. they have senses that are better attuned to the natural world than most people |
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mth44sc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. this one didn't |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-04-09 11:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. The 1755 earthquake is too far removed for us to use it as a reliable sample |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Very true. Human beings are animals' most dangerous foe of all. |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 03:54 AM Response to Original message |
12. I wonder... |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:20 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, they do. I remember hearing how all the animals left the area before that recent tsunami. |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 04:26 AM Response to Original message |
14. Mine do. |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
16. I just watched a video about this kind of thing. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-05-09 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Wasn't there something about frogs in an earthquake in China? |
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