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23Aug/110

An “afterpost”

So I was just reading some random news before bed and read this bit about animals knowing about the quake before we felt it.  It intrigued me and made me want to post an "afterpost".  You know, like aftershocks... but in blogging.

"The first warnings of the earthquake may have occurred at the National Zoo, where officials said some animals seemed to feel it coming before people did. The red ruffed lemurs began “alarm calling” a full 15 minutes before the quake hit, zoo spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson said. In the Great Ape House, Iris, an orangutan, let out a guttural holler 10 seconds before keepers felt the quake. The flamingos huddled together in the water seconds before people felt the rumbling. The rheas got excited. And the hooded mergansers — a kind of duck — dashed for the safety of the water."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/earthquake-rattles-washington-area/2011/08/23/gIQATMOGZJ_story.html

I just think that's sooooooo cool!  Animals rock.  They know things before we do... expecially if you have pets.  They know you better than ANYONE else... they know when you are sad or upset or mad or glad... etc.

and then they comfort you and are all like... "tell me what's going on!"  And then you are like well... oohhhh ok... and then you spill the beans to your fine furry friend... or feathered.... or reptilian.... or fishy... you know whatever they happen to be.

You can't fool an animal!  Sometimes I think they are smarter than we are.

I mean... who's sitting around baskin in the sun all day at the zoo while we work our butts off!

Animals.  At the zoo... That's who.

 

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