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Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: Chris Cruz
Chris Cruz, a scuba diving instructor and trip leader was out at sea, just off of Khao Lak, north of Phuket in Thailand, with diving crews when the tsunami hit.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: Wit Aniwat
Wit Aniwat is a mahout at his family's elephant-riding center near Phuket, Thailand. He describes the elephants' behavior prior to the tsunami.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: Uditha Hedige
Uditha Hedige, a tsunami survivor, was eating breakfast at his hotel near Yala National Park in Sri Lanka when he noticed unusual bird activity and water levels in the nearby lagoon rising.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne
Gehan De Silva Wijeyeratne is the CEO of an adventure and ecotravel company. He is also a self-professed naturalist, geographer, writer, and tourism personality for Sri Lanka. After the tsunami, he spent four days working with search teams looking for survivors and bodies.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: Ravi Corea
Ravi Corea is the founder and president of the Sri Lanka Preservation Society. On the evening following the tsunami, he surveyed Sri Lanka's southern coast to assess the damage to the vegetation and animals.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Eyewitness Accounts: K. David
K. David worked as a wildlife tracker for Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife for 30 years. He was near Yala National Park when the tsunami hit.
Can Animals Predict Disaster?: Listening to Infrasound
Humans can't hear infrasound, which scientists define as any sound pitched below 20 hertz to as low as 2 hertz. But it turns out that some animals, including elephants, hippos, giraffes, whales, and alligators, have acute infrasound hearing.
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?

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