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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 December 26.The giant waves rolled through the Indian Ocean,killing more than 150,OOO people in a dozens of countries.
Relatively few animals have been reported dead,however,reviving speculation that animals somehow sense impending disaster.
Ravi Corea,president of the Sri Lanka wildlife Conservation Society was in Sri Lanka when the massive waves struck.Afterward,he traveled to the Patanangala beach inside Yala National Park,where some 60 visitors were washed away.
The beach was one of the worst hit areas of the 500-squar-mile wildlife reserve,which is home to a variety of animals,including elephants,leopards,and 130 species of birds.
Corea did not see any animal carcasses nor did the park personnel know of any,other than two water buffalos that had died,he said.Along India’s Cuddalore coast,where thousands of people perished,them Indo-Asian News Service reported that buffalos,goats,and dogs were found unharmed.
Flamingos that breed this time of year at the Point Calimere wildlife sanctuary in India flew to higher ground beforehand,the news service reported.
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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...