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Title: Can animals help to predict earthquakes

Journal Article · · Earthqu. Inf. Bull.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6925514

Chinese experiences with unusual animal behavior as possible indication of impending earthquakes is briefly summarized. Unusual behavior before several earthquakes is described. In one ecperiment with pigeons, nerves between a portion of the leg extremely sensitive to mechanical vibrations and the nerve center were cut; prior to a moderate earthquake these pigeons remained calm, while birds with normal connections became startled and flew away. (RWR)

Research Organization:
China Features Agency, Peking
OSTI ID:
6925514
Journal Information:
Earthqu. Inf. Bull.; (United States), Vol. 10:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English