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Wednesday, March 31, 2010scienceanimalsworlditaly

Disaster fore-toad

It seems that toads have succeeded where seismologists failed : according to an article published in the Journal of Zoology (pdf) , toads near L'Aquila may have sensed the 6.3 magnitude earthquake three days before it hit the region just under a year ago. Scientists noticed that toads suddenly moved away from the area they had gathered to breed in, though the reason wasn't clear at the time. We're all familiar with stories of pets predicting disaster. But does your cat allow you to divine the weather? Perhaps an animal's odd behaviour has alerted you to some kind of danger. Has a pet, or a wild animal, ever sensed something before you?

Source: The Guardian ↗

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