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来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/05/14 11:04:58
l. Did Animals Sense Tsunami Was Coming?
Before giant waves slammed into Sri Lanka and Indian coastlines ten days ago, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen and fled to safety.
According to eyewitness accounts, the following events happened:
Elephants screamed and ran for higher ground.
Dogs refused to go outdoors.
Flamingos abandoned their low-lying breeding areas.
Zoo animals rushed into their shelters and could not he enticed to come back out.
The belief that wild and domestic animals possess a sixth sense --and knowing in advance when the earth is going to shake-- has been around for centuries.
Wildlife experts believe animals’ more acute hearing and other senses might enable them to hear or feel the Earth’s vibration, tipping them off to approaching disaster long before humans realize what’s going on.
The massive tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9 temblor off the coast of northern Sumatra island on

This article illustrates that animals do sense the natural disasters like the tsunami coming by their sixth sense. According to eyewitness accounts, the following events conducted by the animals such as the elephants, dogs, flamingos and a lot of animals in the zoo seemed to know what was about to happen and fled to safety. The belief that wild and domestic animals possess a sixth sense --and knowing in advance when the earth is going to shake-- has been around for centuries. Wildlife experts believe animals’ more acute hearing and other senses might enable them to hear or feel the Earth’s vibration, tipping them off to approaching disaster long before humans realize what’s going on. The massive tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 9 temblor off the coast of northern Sumatra island on December 26.The giant waves rolled through the Indian Ocean, killing more than 150,OOO people in a dozens of countries. Patanangala beach was one of the worst hit areas of the 500-squar-mile wildlife r