[Animals] Why can animals present and anticipate catastrophes?

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They have different qualities that allow them to anticipate earthquakes and storms. These help them to protect themselves

The progress of research suggests that many animals are capable of detecting minimal vibrations, subtle atmospheric changes and even magnetic currents that humans cannot perceive (Reuters)

 

Human beings have a great technological development that allows us to achieve many advances, but, although we can build models based on theories or data collection, we are unable to predict an earthquake, while many animals have the ability to escape to safe areas before that such a disaster occurs.

The Greek civilization described how mice, snakes, weasels, centipedes and beetles left cities days before a devastating earthquake. Recently some tsunamis that killed more than 200,000 people claimed the lives of very few animals. Based on this reality, the researchers proposed several lines of work that try to discover the origins of these mysterious abilities in animals.

The progress of research suggests that many animals are capable of detecting minimal vibrations, subtle atmospheric changes and even magnetic currents that humans cannot perceive. In that sense, rodents and dogs can hear much higher frequencies than humans.

 

Elephants perceive lower frequencies than we do, and a large number of insects are very sensitive to vibrations through their legs.

Elephants perceive lower frequencies than we do and a lot of insects are very sensitive to vibrations through their feet. The set of this special sensitivity of many animals, by means of different perceptions, would be a reasonable explanation for the anticipation of the coming of a disaster. All this could help them detect small changes in the environment and motivate them to flee.

Many animals reacted to the arrival of an adverse natural phenomenon with very unique manifestations by exaggerating behaviors and behaviors. Meows, they appeared at the doors, squawks, maddened races are just some of the manifestations that, together with the hasty flight, allow disasters to be presented when observing them.

A clear example is that of Chile, a naturally seismic country in which many studies have been carried out in Valdivia. There it has been possible to detect that the horses began to neigh a few seconds before each seismic movement, at which time their whole bodies trembled.

Many birds announced each tremor with a particular loudness about ten seconds before people noticed it. And the dogs announced with plaintive howls the slightest jolts while other animal species, such as sheep and chickens, were indifferent to the seismic movements.

 

A special case is that of ants since this faculty of foresight saves their lives. They are able to leave their anthills, predicting a natural phenomenon up to an hour before they are prohibited.

 

Returning to the generality, a special case is that of the ants since this faculty of foresight saves their lives. They are able to leave their anthills, predicting a natural phenomenon up to an hour before they are banned. In the mines, the rats that leave their dens, screaming insistently and running wildly, are the ones that, with that premonitory attitude, save the lives of the miners. This behavior constituted an alarm signal for them, who left the galleries in a hurry.

Undoubtedly, this occurs due to the conjunction of the most perceptive senses of many animals that, in their joint actions, allow us to obtain a detailed and anticipated panorama of the environment much superior to ours, to which is added the fact of compulsively following their conservation instinct.

*Prof. Dr. Juan Enrique Romero @drromerook is a veterinarian. Specialist in University Education. Master in Psychoimmunoneuroendocrinology. Former Director of the School Hospital for Small Animals (UNLPam). University Professor in several Argentine universities. International speaker.

 

Link: https://www.infobae.com/america/perrosygatos/2022/04/02/por-que-los-animales-pueden-presentir-y-anticipar-las-catastrofes/