Posted on 12/29/2004 7:58:45 AM PST by crushelits
Where Are All the Dead Animals? Sri Lanka Asks
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast, but they can't find any dead animals. more ...
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No surprise here.
Yeah, the next time I see an elephant make for high ground, I'm right behind him.
I find it highly interesting though...
Animals don't usually live right on the coast. And they can usually swim better than humans if they have to stay afloat for a few minutes until they find dry ground.
They ran.
Up hill.
Animals pay more attention, than most humans do, to what is going on.
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It says that Colombo is on it. He'll find them.
I have followed the animals' lead for most of my life. I freak people out sometimes with my awareness.
I live in earthquake country. California, most of my life. I have watched animals, my own, freak out prior to earthquakes before we (humans) even feel anything, many seconds before. Cats, dogs, even reports of cattle sensing the coming quake before we do.
Nothing new -- there should be alot of data on this on the Net.
How many dead rabbits haven't been found, because they ran into their warrens upon hearing the noise, and have been drowned and buried there, out of sight?
Good point. And how many elephants were sunbathing, topless or not, on the beach?
They found not ONE single dead polar bear.
These places are usually crawling with monkeys. I wonder how the monkeys all faired with this tsunami.
Workers walk on the foundation of the damaged Yala Safari Game Lodge close to Yala Reserve Wildlife Park, 200 kilometers (125 miles) southeast of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004. Wild life officials expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend's massive tsunami, indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)
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Hello, Beef Ore Ice Leap...
Looks like you lost your mind !!! ;-))
Actually, animals are very attuned to nature. I bet they sensed it.
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