It is my observation that animals are cognizant of many things that we are not and are capable of communicating to other species their 'concerns'. We should listen to our friends.
I do not intend to put the worth of a human life beneath that of an animal although there are some exceptions.
I was interested in this piece because I live with a citron cockatoo. They originate from the Indonesian island of Sumba.
My point is I live in California, my birds have always warned me in advance, long before other animals become aware, of earthquakes. They are so good at predicting earthquakes, even a day in advance, that many people have become conscious of their ability. I have heard other bird owners say the same.
In my opinion birds may be the fastest to pick up yet to be discerned vibrations. What is interesting is that my dog is tuned into the parrot and is capable of understanding the citron’s warnings. I see the same behavior outside when a coyote or bobcat comes into the yard. One animal gives the warning yet other species are also able to pick up its meaning.
Something like this may have taken place in Sri Lanka.
-Am
Tsunami Kills Thousands of People in Sri Lanka but Few Animals, Wildlife Experts Say
YALA NATIONAL PARK, Sri Lanka Dec 29, 2004 — Wildlife officials in Sri Lanka expressed surprise Wednesday that they found no evidence of large-scale animal deaths from the weekend's massive tsunami indicating that animals may have sensed the wave coming and fled to higher ground. An Associated Press photographer who flew over Sri Lanka's Yala National Park in an air force helicopter saw abundant wildlife, including elephants, buffalo, deer, and not a single animal corpse.
Floodwaters from the tsunami swept into the park, uprooting trees and toppling cars onto their roofs one red car even ended up on top of a huge tree but the animals apparently were not harmed and may have sought out high ground, said Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne, whose Jetwing Eco Holidays ran a hotel in the park.
"This is very interesting. I am finding bodies of humans, but I have yet to see a dead animal," said Wijeyeratne, whose hotel in the park was totally destroyed in Sunday's tidal surge.
"Maybe what we think is true, that animals have a sixth sense," Wijeyeratne said.
Yala, Sri Lanka's largest wildlife reserve, is home to 200 Asian Elephants, crocodile, wild boar, water buffalo and gray langur monkeys. The park also has Asia's highest concentration of leopards. The Yala reserve covers an area of 391 square miles, but only 56 square miles are open to tourists.
The human death toll in Sri Lanka surpassed 21,000. Forty foreigners were among 200 people in Yala who were killed.
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