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    Animals may be able to sense impending natural disasters through subtle atmospheric or environmental changes. A study found that golden-winged warblers tracked with geolocators had fled their normal habitat in eastern Tennessee a week before deadly storms hit, and had instead flown to Florida and Cuba, suggesting the birds detected the approaching weather system. Scientists theorize animals like rodents and birds are more sensitive to infrasound and subtle changes in things like air pressure or serotonin levels that could alert them to leave an area before a disaster strikes.

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    Animals may be able to sense impending natural disasters through subtle atmospheric or environmental changes. A study found that golden-winged warblers tracked with geolocators had fled their normal habitat in eastern Tennessee a week before deadly storms hit, and had instead flown to Florida and Cuba, suggesting the birds detected the approaching weather system. Scientists theorize animals like rodents and birds are more sensitive to infrasound and subtle changes in things like air pressure or serotonin levels that could alert them to leave an area before a disaster strikes.

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    Sensing Disaster

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    Animals may be able to sense impending natural disasters through subtle atmospheric or environmental changes. A study found that golden-winged warblers tracked with geolocators had fled their normal habitat in eastern Tennessee a week before deadly storms hit, and had instead flown to Florida and Cuba, suggesting the birds detected the approaching weather system. Scientists theorize animals like rodents and birds are more sensitive to infrasound and subtle changes in things like air pressure or serotonin levels that could alert them to leave an area before a disaster strikes.

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    Mice, snakes and

    insects fled Helike 2300


    Group 7 First abnormality
    Cameras in the

    Yanachaga park
    capture 15 animal sightings a day
    Then, an years ago => Dropped to none over a 3-week
    earthquake and a period
    flood occurred
    Scientist
    Suspicion Disaster strikes
    Scientists suspect animals Hit by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake at
    can sense disasters the end of the period
    detect evidence that => Links - Animal behavior and
    confirm this disaster

    Sensing A natural Great potential


    First time capturing the unusual
    Research about the migration
    patterns of golden-winged warblers: Disaster warning phenomenon => Potential for an
    affordable early warning system
    Animals ability to sense disasters
    2014
    Scientists tracked the birds’ Why and how?
    movements with geolocators Follow the birds A theory suggests it is related to the
    → recorded the birds’ locations atmospheric changes
    => increased serotonin levels, causing
    April
    them to leave the area
    The birds had flown to Florida and Cuba
    Birds may feel changes in the environment
    instead of Eastern Tennessee Most sensitive
    Infrasound produced by the storm
    Rodents were gone first
    7 days later alerted the warblers
    The birds arrives back in Tennessee, → detected the weather system
    => sleep schedule disturbed prior to a

    after the deadly storms hit the region → decided to get out of the way
    coming disaster -> alerts them

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