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Can Animals Sense Earthquakes? | History of Geology, Scientific American Blog Network

Can Animals Sense Earthquakes? | History of Geology, Scientific American Blog Network | Science News | Scoop.it

“Highly unlikely, but not outside the realm of extreme possibilities.”
Mulder, F.W. in the “The Jersey Devil” (1993)

Karley Krzciuk's curator insight, April 6, 2014 9:54 PM

I found this article interesting because some places in the world do not have the technology to detect earth quakes and do not have time to take precautionary measures so since they found out that animals do detect earthquakes, they can use their knowledge to help save peoples lives. It is important to realize that if you know your animals behavior and they start to act suspicious, you should not just play it off like no big deal because it could be the difference between life and death. If they can sense an earth quake coming, maybe in the future they can detect other natural disasters or problems within the Earth. 

Joshua Edwin Behning's comment, April 7, 2014 3:32 PM
I personal would say that when it comes to animals and detecting earthquakes sounds fair off, but i did hear that animals like horses can tell when a tornado is coming their way and I can believe that because animals have better senses than us.
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Toads predict earthquakes: Official • The Register

Toads predict earthquakes: Official • The Register | Science News | Scoop.it

Scientists believe they have a plausible explanation for Italian toads' apparent ability to sense the imminent earthquake that struck the city of L'Aquila on 6 April 2009. React to positive airborne ions, boffins explain

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