Animals have a premonition about earthquakes

Zoo officials in Washington DC said the animals were felt before the 5.8 magnitude quake struck on Tuesday (August 23, 2011).

Before the earthquake happened, some animals at the Smithsonian National Zoo even shouted to alert other children to be alert or to run up the tree before we could feel shivers.

About 5-10 seconds before Tuesday's earthquake, orangutans were named Kyle and a western plain gorilla monkey named Kojo, had left food and climbed on a tree in their house. 15 minutes before the earthquake, the red lemurs shouted alarms. The giant elephant will definitely stay in the zoo and refuse to go out for an afternoon snack. The lions often lay on the ground, now suddenly stood up and looked outside the cage.

Lions react to earthquakes (Photo: livescience)

Meanwhile, the snakes, including the tiger, often do not work in the light of the day also writhing on the earthquake alarm. The ducks immediately jumped into the pool.

Predicting earthquakes early on people is also very difficult. Meanwhile, there are some animals that can feel the earth waves before the earth shakes.

According to a 2010 study published, the toad (Bufo Bufo) abandoned its breeding area before the earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy, in April 2009 and did not return to the days later. Birds fly in an unusual direction and the dogs show signs of restlessness just before the earthquake occurs.

However, the feeling of panic before the earthquake occurred is not common in all animals. While many species are fluttering before the earth shakes, the pandas at the Smithsonian Zoo seem to be ignorant.