"Remember that morning in 2004 when the Indian Ocean seemed to pull back from the shore, exposing coral reefs and leaving fish flopping on dry sand? Tourists grabbed their cameras while locals who knew the old stories ran for their lives. But here's what still gives me chills: hours before that devastating tsunami hit, elephants in Thailand were already breaking their chains and heading for higher ground."
"Growing up, my grandparents would tell me stories about animals acting strange before bombings during the war. I used to think these were just tales meant to entertain a curious kid. But after years of reading about disasters throughout history and talking to people who've lived through them, I've learned something fascinating: animals often know disaster is coming long before we do."
Animals frequently exhibit abnormal behaviors hours to days before major natural disasters, producing effective early-warning signals. Elephants in Thailand broke chains and moved to higher ground hours before the 2004 tsunami. Flamingos abandoned low-lying breeding areas days before major seismic events. Hibernating snakes emerged weeks before the 1975 Haicheng earthquake, even in winter. Scientists believe animals can sense P-waves and other subtle environmental changes that precede destructive S-waves. Animals' sensory systems and survival instincts, refined over millions of years, pick up cues that human senses and many technologies often miss.
Read at Silicon Canals
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]