tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1610523986787265692..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Zoo animals went bonkers before the earthquakeMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21898857472337724832011-09-07T07:41:55.261-05:002011-09-07T07:41:55.261-05:00C'mon people,animals are perceptive.Man is per...C'mon people,animals are perceptive.Man is perceptive too, but he's busy trying to make money.Elnickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10763163902924071321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-73326002039781822552011-08-26T18:17:27.799-05:002011-08-26T18:17:27.799-05:00@ anon
I accept the truth behind claims of dog wh...@ anon<br /><br />I accept the truth behind claims of dog whistles.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401395043889488168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-74239524752360896272011-08-26T13:33:47.245-05:002011-08-26T13:33:47.245-05:00Look up how many wild animals died in the great Ts...Look up how many wild animals died in the great Tsunami... There are lots of noise and rumbles emitted from a earthquake that humans cannot sense. How hard is it to believe that an animal can?<br /><br />Paul & BJN, do you believe in dog whistles? Or are those non-sense, too?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-60202302256868202982011-08-26T01:36:21.051-05:002011-08-26T01:36:21.051-05:00Other than P waves, it's suspected that some a...Other than P waves, it's suspected that some animals detect Radon in the air.<br /><br />It does not occur in our atmosphere in large quantities, but fissures in the bedrock that precede an earthquake are apparently able to release it.<br /><br />I don't claim to be right, mind. But it's a nice starting point for googling and making up your mind, yourself.Richard Hartmannhttp://richardhartmann.de/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21929477115438250642011-08-25T22:37:04.745-05:002011-08-25T22:37:04.745-05:00I'm skeptical about this. Sounds like confirma...I'm skeptical about this. Sounds like confirmation bias. Animals are always going bonkers. That's why we call them animals. We only take note of it when it is followed by an earthquake. And after an earthquake we only take note of the animals that were going bonkers at the right time.<br /><br />People are animals too. I'm sure lots of people were going bonkers before the earthquake. But nobody is there to observe us and conclude that those of us who were acting bonkers before the quake somehow have special "animal" powers of prediction.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07401395043889488168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-17458617309849864332011-08-25T21:10:43.864-05:002011-08-25T21:10:43.864-05:00Interestingly enough this reminds me of a time whe...Interestingly enough this reminds me of a time when an earthquake hit my town. I was feeling sick, and I had one of my cats sleeping next to me. Then all of a sudden, she got up quickly and rushed underneath the bed I was on. The walls and windows of the room shook during a small earthquake we had.CloudSampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459873067554831037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64069639639688011772011-08-25T20:18:07.508-05:002011-08-25T20:18:07.508-05:00From US Geological Survey, "We can easily exp...From US Geological Survey, "We can easily explain the cause of unusual animal behavior seconds before humans feel an earthquake. Very few humans notice the smaller P wave that travels the fastest from the earthquake source and arrives before the larger S wave. But many animals with more keen senses are able to feel the P wave seconds before the S wave arrives. As for sensing an impending earthquake days or weeks before it occurs, that's a different story"<br /><br />It has a good summary of what scientists know and don't know about animal behavior and earthquakes.<br /><br />http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/animal_eqs.phpexpatQLDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16000119830847919774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47220900562408842022011-08-25T19:34:17.790-05:002011-08-25T19:34:17.790-05:00And I think such anecdotal "evidence" is...And I think such anecdotal "evidence" is likely nonsense. I read several posts after the quake by animal owners who said their pets napped or lounged right up to the quake (or through it).BJNnoreply@blogger.com