Gatos já tinham sido estudados por físicos no Japão já que eles somem antes dos terremotos. Agora é no oceano índico: os animais sabem detectar catástrofes?

Vejam da Wired:

Wired News: How Did Animals Escape Tsunami?:

“JOHANNESBURG — Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a sixth sense for disasters, experts said Thursday.

Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.

‘No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit,’ said H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department. ‘I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening.'”