NPR: "How animals foretold the earthquake"
(6 months ago)npr:
We know how humans first sensed Tuesday’s earthquake. We felt the shake, then the rattle, and then the urge to flee.
But what about the region’s animals?
Did they sense the rare 5.8-magnitude temblor before the shaking started?
We checked in with the folks at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, one of the most popular attractions in the nation’s capital, to see what they could tell us.
Their answer: Many animals reacted to the quake before humans knew it was coming.
Our favorite part of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo’s press release: “According to keepers, the giant pandas did not appear to respond to the earthquake.”