EPTSince then Mookie is back to normal.
Can animals from 6 hours away detect when things will happen like an Earthquake?
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
Since then Mookie is back to normal. Can animals from 6 hours away detect when things will happen like an Earthquake? | ||
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gusbear
333 Posts
edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_prediction Theres a section on animals, although I would rather count this as "pre-detection" instead of "prediction" http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=0ONJfp95yoE | ||
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DwmC_Foefen
Belgium2186 Posts
But yeah it is said that animals can sense this stuff hours beforehand | ||
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minus_human
4784 Posts
Normally, if earthquakes start gradually, animals could surely sense the small imperceptible vibrations long before the large-scale vibrations would occur. I really don't know anything about earthquakes, however I am guessing they affect quite a large area, and only the smaller zone right on top of the epicenter would really suffer relative damage. | ||
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Naib
Hungary4904 Posts
On April 19 2008 00:12 DwmC_Foefen wrote: Bah why cant humans have all these traits? :p Because God picked Bloody Mess as a trait for us instead of this (shame on you if you don't get this sentence!). | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
On April 19 2008 00:40 Naib wrote: Because God picked Bloody Mess as a trait for us instead of this (shame on you if you don't get this sentence!). I was really hoping for the gigolo trait personally. | ||
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
We don't hear below 20 hz. Cats have better ear sensitivity. Ez. But in no way, in no twisted universe cats can "predict" earthquakes and do anything that proper equipment doesn't do better. | ||
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
Personally I think it's nonsense to think animals cannot detect earthquakes. There's enough cases of animals acting bonkers beforehand to demonstrate this fact. The Chinese have even used it to predict earthquakes. 6 hours is quite a distance away though. But I guess it could happen. | ||
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
Noone is saying that animals don't feel the initial effect of whatever phenomena better than humans do due to heightened senses. That is a known fact. The other known fact is that human-made tools can detect things like individual atoms and beyond. Yes, with a crappy seismograph that is older than dirt you might not be able to detect an incoming earthquake long beforehand. You also won't detect it if the operator is sleeping, drunk or playing blackjack with his coworkers. But saying that modern, properly operated equipment could be inferior to a cat is nonsense. The only thing of value in your post is that we really don't known the full earthquake mechanism, that is true. But whatever shape it manifests in, be it radiation, acoustic vibration or temperature fluctuations, we can measure all those things better than any animal in the world possibly can. | ||
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EmeraldSparks
United States1451 Posts
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
Not fly, not run, not stick flies. MEASURE. | ||
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EmeraldSparks
United States1451 Posts
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BluzMan
Russian Federation4235 Posts
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EmeraldSparks
United States1451 Posts
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EmeraldSparks
United States1451 Posts
![[image loading]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/KCAPTCHA_with_crowded_symbols.gif) I find it hard to believe that computer analysis has managed to completely pawn all over biology. | ||
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omgbnetsux
United States3749 Posts
On April 19 2008 03:31 EmeraldSparks wrote: Look, when a computer can't read I find it hard to believe that computer analysis has managed to completely pawn all over biology. CAPTCHA has actually been broken on a lot of sites. | ||
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XCetron
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.MistiK
Netherlands347 Posts
On April 19 2008 02:53 BluzMan wrote: FOR THE FUCK'S SAKE READ. Not fly, not run, not stick flies. MEASURE. hahahaha you're my new favorite TLnet poster | ||
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United States272 Posts
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United States1451 Posts
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