The 2004 Tsunami and Earthquake along the Indian Ocean caused death on a grand scale, missing people, injured, lost livelihoods, and lost properties. This had been one of the most tragic natural disasters that happened to mankind.Now another powerful tsunami and the biggest earthquake ever to have struck Japan caused untold damage to another country.
The scenario is very much the same, with another observation coming into light; you can barely see or find dead animals. But many people have died, many are still missing, and properties and or livelihoods are all gone in a blink of an eye. Now the big question: Do animals really sense danger?
We simply cannot discredit animals for knowing things that we simply don’t. The animals that were in the affected areas of the 2004 Tsunami and earthquake did sensed that something bad and dangerous was about to happen. Monkeys, elephants, dogs, cattle, and other animals moved to higher ground for safety. With the destructiveness of the Tsunami, it is surprising to know that only few animals were found dead.
We all know that animals do posses keen senses, and this helps them in avoiding predators or locating their prey and basics in survival. This keen sense is also thought to help them in detecting impending disasters such as earthquake, tsunami, and other natural diaasters.
With everything that has been happening, we are given two theories on how animals can actually sense earthquakes. The first theory is that they can sense the earth’s vibrations. The second theory is that they can sense the changes in the gases or air that are being released by our earth. Today, scientists still disagree on using animal behavior in predicting earthquakes, but they all agree that it is indeed possible for them to sense any change in our environment, even before we notice it.
It might look odd, but come to think of it, the fact that there are many species with natural senses that are sharper or more sensitive that ours; in actuality it is not strange at all. We all know that animals from the wild must have superb senses of sight, smell, hearing, and the ability to sense or feel minuscule shakings or vibrations in order for them to survive. There are many animal species that use and perceive electromagnetic fields (that are hardly noticeable to humans) just for them to find their pray. As wild as that may seem to us, there is nothing unnatural about their having the sixth sense.
It is concluded that animals can really sense danger. This is proven a very long time ago, and it was concluded in the 2004 Tsunami and Earthquake in the Indian Ocean, and the recent Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
Last night my dog Taz, a Shiba Inu, was acting VERY unusual, like he was spooked and knew something was wrong. He acting nervous and jumping up on me on the couch which he has never done before and constantly wanting to go outside. This morning I let him out before I left for work and when he came back in, he was literally shivering like he just came out of a freezer. He has never did this before. Then the earthquake hit today and it then it clicked when I got home. The say animals can sense earthquakes hours before it happens. I’m definatly 100% convinced that he knew something was about to happen that was not normal. Tonight he is still acting abnormal so we may not be done with this.