Global Science: Animals Predict Weather

One of the things we will examine is a widely observed (though scientifically unproven) phenomenon -- even though the tidal wave killed more than 200,000 people, almost no wild animals perished with the exception of caged or confined animals within the wave's path. Observers report that the animals seemed to have some warning, whether by several hours or just seconds, that allowed them, and the people who heeded those warnings, the chance to find safety. Let continue on and look closely at this animal phenomenon to see if there's any fact behind the fiction.
Potential theories suggest that the animal's acute skills of perception, even a kind of sixth sense may have alerted them to the approaching tsunami. It may even be something as simple as their keen sense of hearing picking up on the sound of the approaching wave while it was still far enough away to give them enough time to head for higher ground. It has also been suggested that the animals may have been able to pick up on resulting vibrations or changing air pressure as well.

It has long been believed by many that animals have a keen sense for earthquakes, storms and impending disasters and can therefore predict their arrival. I myself, as well as I'm sure many of our visitors, do themselves have numerous stories about their pets and their abilities to predict dangerous storms and quakes.

These animals can predict weather