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Researchers Probe to See if Animals Give Early Warning of Disasters |
| Section: NATURAL SCIENCE / NATURE WALK |
| Author: Jen Waters |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 980 Words, 6,388 Characters |
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The idea that animals can sense imminent danger is likely more than an old wives' tale, says veterinarian Marie Suthers-McCabe.
It isn't surprising that animals fled the scene of the December 2004 Asian tsunami, which killed as many as 150,000 people, says Dr. Suthers-McCabe, associate professor of human-companion animal interaction at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg.
"Of course the animals could sense it," Dr. Suthers-McCabe says. "I believe that animals have the ability to sense things going on in their environment."
Theories about this topic are explored in a PBS "Nature" special titled "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" that aired in November 2005.
Animals in the wild likel...
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...e evidence that is credible to the scientific community.
"Most scientists relegate the phenomenon as being anecdotal," Garstang says. "They think because you can't repeat it or understand it that it's not valuable. I'm not of that opinion. Anecdotal information is valuable. Just because we can't understand it, or repeat it, doesn't discount it."
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