Animals have senses far more accurate than those possessed
by humans. Wild animals, in particular, have excellent senses of sight, smell,
and even the ability to sense miniature vibrations, because those are the senses
that help them survive. Many species also uses electromagnetic fields that are
imperceptible by human to navigate or find prey. Research being carried out
in China has indicated a recognition of unusual animal research systematically,
is being used in conjunction with other methods as a means of predicting large
and potentially destructive earthquakes. The following are examples of
observations in unusual animal behavior before major earthquakes.
Unusual animal behavior
In 1920, the largest earthquake hit China with a magnitude
of 8.5, occurred in Ninghsia Province. Records eyewitnesses it shows that
wolves were running around in packs, dogs unusually barking and sparrows flying
around rapidly and wildly. It is reported that a five and a 6.8 magnitude
earthquake struck in 1996, in northern China. All the dogs at a village near
the epicenter had deserted their kennels and thus survive this disaster.
Prior to the earthquake of July 18, 1969 magnitude 7.4 in
the Pohai Sea, unusual behavior of sharks seagulls and five different fish
species was observed. Based on observations of giant pandas, dear yaks, tigers,
and other animals, a warning was issued at the Tientsin people’s Park zoo, two
hours before the earthquake struck.
The Chinese began to systematically study the unusual animal
behavior and the earthquake of February 1975 was predicted successfully as
early as in mid-December 1974. The most unusual circumstance of animal behavior
was that of snakes came out of hibernation and froze on the surface of the
earth. Also a group of rats appeared. These events were succeeded by a swarm of
earthquakes at the end of December 1974. During the following month, in January
19, thousands of reports of unusual animal behavior was observed, and therefore
saved millions of lives in the February 1975 quake.
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