I've heard about this...it'd be nice if we humans could too...
Sharper Minds Daily...
Posted on 12/31/2004 4:41:46 AM PST by Pharmboy
CUDDALORE: Five days after the tsunami wreaked havoc across the coastal region of India, the officials are realising that the number of dead animals - cattle, goats and dogs - in the killer waves are much fewer than perhaps seen in calamities such as cyclones and floods.
"Villagers in this part do not tie their animals. This may have helped them to run away before the waves hit the villages," said an official overseeing the relief work in Cuddalore district.
An interesting theory that is emerging is that the animals sensed the tsunami much in advance and it helped them to run away to safer places.
"My three dogs were barking and howling with no reason at around 7 am on Dec 26. I asked them to keep quiet but they continued barking and were restless," said Fr PA Sampath Kumar of Holy family church at Keezputhupattu about 15 km from Pondicherry.
The first waves of the killer tsunami hit Keezhputhupattu about 8.30 am which was followed by another at 9 am ravaging this fishing village.
"I definitely think that my dogs sensed the tsunami," the priest said.
Interestingly, during the tsunami alert on Thursday, which turned out to be a false alarm, the dogs showed no signs of panic.
"They were absolutely calm as you can see them now," he said and pointed to the three dogs- one a cross breed of British Terrier and two cross breed of Labradors, which were roaming around the church premises, a temporary relief camp now.
The tsunami killed 600 people across 50-55 villages in Cuddalore district and Keezputhupattu. There was hardly any trace of a dead cattle, goat or dogs, said an army jawan involed in removing the debris at the Devanampattinam fishing village where over 100 death were reported.
But, we are part of the animal kingdom...why do we not have this 'sixth sense?'
According to evolutionists we are part of the animal kingdom. According to the description of creation in the bible we are a being apart. That is why we do not have animal senses.
Proof positive...GOD MADE US DIFFERENT.
I'll take the ability to think independently and create wonders over a "sixth sense" any day.
Pity most liberals who seem to have no sense at all.
How about the earthquake that caused the tsunami. The animals felt the earth shake, they did not have precognition of a tidal wave.
Its not a sixth sense, its better senses.
Dogs can hear multiple times as well as we can. Some animals have heightened awareness of vibrations and low or high frequency sounds, too. That is why many dogs howl at sirens. It hurts their ears.
Actually if you lived out in the country and had a farm with horses you could probably tell after a while. Adaption I suppose.
Oh Pulleeeze. Do you have a heart, a liver and a digestive tract? What makes you think we are that different?
Yep, we are retards compared to animals. </sarcasm off>
Since cattle and other animals normally do not stroll the beaches, no surprise there were no dead animals found. Sheeesh - these libs are trult stupid and lack any intellect or common logic.
We no longer rely on Fishing, Hunting, Gathering, etc. for our personal survival.
We just hop in the car & run to the grocery store and acquire a bounty of oue CHOOSING !!!!
Think about it.
We probably do have it (a sixth sense), but we probably have learned to not listen to it. We have reasoning and intellectualizing, and other things that conflict us when "RUN" is all that we should be thinking. Animals were all able to swim and run, (good thing they were not fenced or tied). Animals also did not stop to think "whats going one here" they used every available moment to run the other way. They also were not conflicted over whether to try and save someone else or grab some precious belongings. All this helped the animals while some people were walking on the extended beach wondering what it meant.
I'm not an Animal, I'm a human being!!!
I do Fish ALOT by the way - I caught 10 Crappies 2 days ago that are 14-15" long (big ones!).
I'm with you, opposable thumbs are great, too :-)
[Best Austin Powers voice] Oh you animal, you...
Maybe it's different for water animals. Kenya had more hippos than humans die apparently.
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