This would give them less than two minutes' notice for any quake near enough to affect them.And it makes sense, given almost 60% of unusual animal behaviors associated with earthquakes occurred in the five minutes preceding the quake.Before an earthquake rattles a region, some animals within the vicinity might be able to sense the event just seconds or minutes before it happens.As far back as 373 b.c., there have been reports of animals behaving strangely in advance of an earthquake.To establish that unusual animal behaviours can predict earthquakes, scientists would need to observe animals under controlled environmental conditions for extended periods of time aE? long enough to be able to observe their behaviour before, during and after earthquakes.
Because of their finely tuned senses, animals can often feel the earthquake at its earliest stages before the humans around it can.And it makes sense, given almost 60% of unusual animal behaviors associated with earthquakes occurred in the five minutes preceding the quake.And while there's no real evidence animals can predict a quake, they may be more sensitive to very tiny ones.It is still unclear how animals can sense impending earthquakes.Animals may sense the ionization of the air caused by the large rock pressures in earthquake zones with their fur.
The earliest reference we have to unusual animal behavior prior to a significant earthquake is from greece in 373 bc.The suggestion that animals can sense earthquakes before they occur was first recorded in greece in 373 bc, when dogs howled and many rats, weasels, snakes, and centipedes moved to safety several.
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