Post by ZandraJoi on Aug 20, 2020 11:30:53 GMT -5
healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2020/08/20/how-animals-help-predict-earthquakes.aspx
Story at-a-glance
Anecdotal reports are quite common detailing animals’ unusual behaviors prior to earthquakes, which suggests they have a ‘sixth sense’ that alerts them to the coming natural disaster
To find out whether animals really do alter their behaviors prior to an earthquake, researchers studied the movements of cows, sheep and dogs living in an earthquake-prone area in Northern Italy
Unusual behavioral patterns emerged in the animals up to 20 hours before an earthquake, with the strange behavior starting sooner the closer the animals were to the epicenter
To serve as an early earthquake warning system, animals could have a chip on their collar that sends movement data to a central computer every three minutes, which triggers a warning if increased activity is observed for at least 45 minutes
Since December 2019, the researchers have measured real-time data from the animals, which did trigger one warning; a small earthquake occurred three hours later
The researchers are using the International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS), a global animal observation system on the International Space Station, to potentially create an animal early warning system for natural disasters
My notes: I believe all creatures have an internal system. Esp. animals who rely on their instincts & are not like us humans who second guess ourselves & are influenced by peer pressure. Just like how birds 'know' to migrate at certain times. They can feel changes in the atmosphere, magnetic field, etc. That is also why more artificial lights & technology are starting to throw them off course.
Story at-a-glance
Anecdotal reports are quite common detailing animals’ unusual behaviors prior to earthquakes, which suggests they have a ‘sixth sense’ that alerts them to the coming natural disaster
To find out whether animals really do alter their behaviors prior to an earthquake, researchers studied the movements of cows, sheep and dogs living in an earthquake-prone area in Northern Italy
Unusual behavioral patterns emerged in the animals up to 20 hours before an earthquake, with the strange behavior starting sooner the closer the animals were to the epicenter
To serve as an early earthquake warning system, animals could have a chip on their collar that sends movement data to a central computer every three minutes, which triggers a warning if increased activity is observed for at least 45 minutes
Since December 2019, the researchers have measured real-time data from the animals, which did trigger one warning; a small earthquake occurred three hours later
The researchers are using the International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS), a global animal observation system on the International Space Station, to potentially create an animal early warning system for natural disasters
My notes: I believe all creatures have an internal system. Esp. animals who rely on their instincts & are not like us humans who second guess ourselves & are influenced by peer pressure. Just like how birds 'know' to migrate at certain times. They can feel changes in the atmosphere, magnetic field, etc. That is also why more artificial lights & technology are starting to throw them off course.