I always see that an army of ants invade the cooked food on my dinner table and also the bag of rice grain that I store on any sunny day.Just when it is about to rain,they are all GONE!!! How did these tiny weeny ants know that it is going to rain? Amazing!!! Before any thunder storm you see the birds fleeing to their nests chirping in alarm!

There have been many reports where cats,dogs,parrots and other pets behave abnormally and signal the coming of a storm ,earthquake,volcanic eruptions and even a tsunami.

Researches say that the senses of animals are better developed than humans and they can perceive the atmospheric pressure changes and can hear infrasonic sounds before a natural calamity.This ability is nature’s gift to the animals to save themselves before any disaster.

An interesting article in the National Geographic news says that along Thailand’s west Coast ,many hours before tsunami occurred, Elephants giving rides to tourists started trumpeting and became agitated!

Flamingos near the Indian southern coast went into deeper forests before the Tsunami striked.The Sri Lankan officials were stunned when hundreds of their wild life in the Yala National park escaped the Tsunami by taking to higher grounds.The sensory perceptions of the animals including the insect world are far more superior than our ‘sophisticated’ instruments that cannot detect the exact time of the calamity.

I was one of the lucky ones to have visited the Lovely Andaman islands ,just a year before the Tsunami.I also saw the Tribals and their habitat.They are still in the stone age!

But surprisingly according to reports the tribals could also detect the Tsunami well in advance and they fled to higher grounds and no real casualties have been reported due to the Tsunami of Dec 26^th.Is it because they are still primitive and are well in TUNE with their animal sense?

Tsunami engulfed thousands of people belonging to the modern world ,despite all the meterological equipment.Isnt it amazing to know that most of  the animals and the Tribals survived despite being ‘primitive’?

I think we all have these sensory perceptions in us too, but we have just forgotten to use it. Next time try noticing the army of ants in your garden or home and HEAR what they tell you…I'm surely going to TUNE my animal sense from now on!

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