where did they go?

[joey]

Science - Reuters


Where Are All the Dead Animals? Sri Lanka Asks

Wed Dec 29, 4:41 AM ET Science - Reuters



COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan wildlife officials are stunned -- the worst tsunami in memory has killed around 22,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast, but they can't find any dead animals.


Giant waves washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife reserve and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.


"The strange thing is we haven't recorded any dead animals," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of the national Wildlife Department, told Reuters Wednesday.


"No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit," he added. "I think animals can sense disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening."


At least 40 tourists, including nine Japanese, were drowned.


The tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean Sunday, which sent waves up to 15 feet high crashing onto Sri Lanka's southern, eastern and northern seaboard, flooding whole towns and villages, destroying hotels and causing widespread destruction.

[Rikki]

Ive heard things like this happen before as well. Animals are very smart being.

[Linds]

That's very interesting, thanks for posting. I was wondering about all the animals everytime I saw footage of the wave crashing down on TV.

[Lindze]

I think i once read that animals sense the change in the barometric pressures and things and actually know to move to safer ground and such.

[Rikki]

They say animals can feel when danger is coming, in some cases the day before a huge storm all of my animals are acting crazy. Before a large storm my herps are hiding. They know when things are coming just like people.

[Brad C]

Its Gods way of decreasing human population so animals can thive. Humans have detroyed everything on this damn planet leaving the animals with nothing.

Take a look at some rainforest facts...

[SaIiLdVaEnR]

Compassionate Brad. You are preaching to the wrong crowd about the random rainforest statistics. We know better than most.

Anyways, I don't think that comment will spawn many congratulatory responses.

Aidan