Unit 5The Animals Know

More Unusual Animal Behavior And Earthquake Prediction

We have learned that before a quake …

• dogs bark and bark.• cats stare at things no one else sees.• horses kick at barn walls.• a woman’s pet turtle suddenly laid an egg, which it

had never done before.• a man’s pet fish leaped straight out of the bowl.• in Alaska some brown bears woke up early from

their winter sleep.• chicken ran up and down.• mice and rats ran out of their holes.

• Try to figure out what kind of animal it is in each of the following facts. Note that the green-letter words and the pictures are the cues..

• Before a 5.2 Los Angeles earthquake in 1990, a scientist noticed three calm __________ in the lab suddenly began to hop around in their cage for about five minutes.

RABBITS

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• Around Japan, _______________ were often caught to the surface of the ocean before earthquakes.

DEEP SEA FISH

• Some ________, especially __________, at times have been reported to jump out of water onto dry land.

FISHCATFISH

• __________ have been known to leave their underground places in the middle of winter before quakes. They later were found frozen on the surface of the snow.

SNAKES

• ________ are often reported to appear dazed before quakes and allow themselves to be caught by hand easily.

MICE

• ________ have been report laying fewer eggs, or no eggs at all.

HENS

• ________ have been observed trying to bite one another before earthquakes.

PIGS

• _______ have been seen evacuating their hive in a panic, minutes before an earthquake and then not returning until fifteen minutes after the quake ended.

BEES

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