Do As The Animals Say And No One Will Get Hurt

Animals sense disaster, right? We've heard of all the stories of dogs barking before earthquakes, tornadoes, and the like. Are these stories true?

Here is National Geographic's take on it.

To save you some time from reading the article: Scientists don't know and they've given up on finding out.

Many animals have more keen senses than humans do. Dogs have better smell and hearing. Cats have superior night vision. Humans are better than animals at other senses (e.g., we can see better than dogs in plain light).

If you've owned pets, you may notice that sometimes they will go berserk for no apparent reason. Your dog will start barking at seemingly nothing and, more often than not, you will find whatever it was they were barking at. However over-sensitive they may appear, consider how many times that they've ever been wrong in reacting to something you didn't see, hear, or notice in any fashion? Not very often and most likely they've never been wrong - simply because we find whatever it was that bent them out of shape.

Smoke alarms alert you of fire. Carbon monoxide alarms alert you of carbon monoxide. Animals are danger alarms and they've been historically really good at it. Don't over-think it, rather, look at the results.