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第六感帮动物逃过了海啸大劫难(图)
http://www.sina.com.cn 2005/01/11 09:51  北京娱乐信报

  Did animals' 'sixth sense'save them from tsunami﹖

  Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a ″sixth sense″ for disasters, experts said on Dec 30th in 2004.

  Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves along the Indian Ocean island's coast seemingly missed wild beasts, with no dead animals found.

  ″No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit. I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening,″ H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department, said on Wednesday.

  The waves washed floodwaters up to 3 km 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.

  ″There has been a lot of anecdotal evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven,″ said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behaviour specialist at Johannesburg Zoo.

  he said, ″Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain phenomenon, especially birds. There are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters,″ said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.

  Animals certainly rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators.

第六感帮动物逃过了海啸大劫难(图)

  “第六感”帮动物逃过海啸大劫难?

  去年12月30日,有专家表示,野生动物们似乎躲过了印度洋的海啸,这进一步证实了动物对自然灾难有“第六感”的观点。

  斯里兰卡负责野生动物的官员表示,巨浪席卷印度洋海岛沿岸,野生动物似乎都幸免于难,目前尚未发现一具动物的尸体。

  “没有大象丧生,甚至连野兔和兔子都活得好好的。我想动物们可以感觉到灾难即将来临。它们有第六感,能够知道海啸发生的时间。”斯里兰卡野生动物保护局副局长H·D·拉特纳亚克周三说。

  海洪冲向离岸三公里(相当于二英里)远的亚拉国家公园,这里是斯里兰卡最大的野生动物保护区,生活着几百头野生大象和一些美洲豹,海啸引发的洪水使亚拉国家公园所在的东南部地区变得一片狼藉。

  南非约翰内斯堡动物园的动物行为专家马太·范伦内普说:“每当火山爆发或地震发生前,动物们的行为就会发生许多异常,比如犬吠或鸟类迁徙,但这些现象尚未得到科学证明。”

  他说:“野生动物似乎能够感知某些特殊现象,尤其是鸟类。很多报告显示鸟类能察觉即将来临的灾难。”克莱夫·沃克这样说,他曾经写过数本关于非洲野生动物的书。一些动物确实是依靠嗅觉或听觉等人类已知的官能来躲避危险的,比如食肉动物。




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