Wednesday, 13 November 2013
The Great Wave
This week we have been reading an extract of a story from Eilish Dillon's book - The Sea Wall. In the story Sally remembers how a big wave flooded the island of Inisharcain, off the coast of Ireland, twenty nine years ago. Sally fears that there is going to be another wave again due to the signs the animals have been giving her.
Can you find out about times when animals have predicted natural disasters?
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In ancient Greece in 373 BC, Thucydides recorded that dogs, weasels, centipedes, snakes, and rats in large numbers escaped the city of Helike (Eliki) only days before an earthquake sent the city to the bottom of the ocean.
ReplyDeleteIn Tokyo, Japan in 1923, catfish jumped out of the water shortly before a big quake hit.
In China in 1975, taking odd animal behavior as a precursor, the Chinese evacuated Haicheng, a city of one million, just days before a 7.3 quake struck.
As Hurricane Jeanne approached Gainesville, Florida, butterflies in an experimental rain forest wedged themselves under rocks and disappeared into tree hollows
Elephents in thailand heading to high ground before tsunami.
ReplyDeleteSome animals can predict natural disasters such as: Some peoples cats and dogs have been reported to be acting strangely before the ground shook
ReplyDeleteWorms for instance flee when there is a flood coming.Sharks swim to deeper places when a tornado comes
ReplyDeletethis dog in Japan would not come out of his kennel just before the
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An elephant trumpents wildly, breaks a chain holding it to the tree thats how he knows when a scunamii is coming.
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