These clips from the NATURE episode "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" examine the tsunami of December 26, 2004, and theorize on how animals' greater sensitivity to seismic waves may have given them a lifesaving warning about the disaster.
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Stressed Out!: Video Segments: Can Animals Predict Disaster?
Stressed Out!: Lesson Overview
In this video-enhanced lesson, students will identify methods for detecting and locating earthquakes, utilizing excerpts from the NATURE episode "Can Animals Predict Disaster?" (Grades 9-12)
Violent Hawaii: Deadly Tsunamis
In 1960, a giant quake struck near Chile. Six thousand miles away in Hawaii, officials began to broadcast warnings that the tsunami was due around midnight.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Video: Full Episode
Watch the full episode of Can Animals Predict Disaster? online now.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Additional Web and Print Resources
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Tall Tales or True?
We've all heard them: the tales of dogs barking before the big earthquake hit; wildlife behaving strangely before the big hurricane; earthworms pouring out of the ground just before the big flood strikes. Tall tales ... or true?
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Introduction
In interviews with scientists and eyewitnesses, NATURE probes the evidence that some animals may have senses that allow them to predict impending natural disasters long before we can.





