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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19959718/Cat plays furry grim reaper at nursing homeOscar has predicted 25 deaths by curling up next to patient in final hours

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It funny, just when doctors think they have it all figured out, a cat shows them up, we have truly lost a piece of our natural instinct yet we claim to be smarted then animals. There are tons of stories were animals knew something before it happened.Quote »Did 'Sixth Sense' Save the Animals?As the human death toll from Sunday's earthquake and subsequent tsunami continues to skyrocket in Asia, a mystery is unfolding in Sri Lanka.Somehow, the animals survived the disaster.According to reports out of Colombo, Sri Lankan wildlife officials are said to be stunned."The strange thing is we haven't recorded any dead animals," H.D. Ratnayake, deputy director of the national Wildlife Department, told Reuters. "No elephants are dead, not even a dead hare or rabbit.""I think animals can sense disaster," he added. "They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening."--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Animals Can Predict Earthquakes a Week in AdvanceAnimals in a northeast China zoo are now there not only for people to visit but also for monitoring possible earthquakes.The Anshan Zoo, named after the city where it is located, in Liaoning Province, was brought into the city's seismological macro-observation network this week."About one week before an earthquake happens, animals' behaviors would become obviously abnormal," said Xu Jing, deputy chief engineer of the city's seismological bureau. And the more abnormal the animals act, the stronger the earthquake would probably be.The zoo keepers therefore were given a new mission besides taking care of the animals: report to the seismological bureau whenever they find the animals acting strangely.Together with the micro-monitoring result done with instruments, the local seismological administration believed that its earthquake forecasting would become more accurate and in time.It is believed that more than 100 kinds of animals can "predict " earthquakes, including horses, donkeys, pigs, cattle, dogs, cats, chickens, ducks, geese, rats, snakes, and fish. Some are restless, some are dazed and some change their habits.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Historical Anecdotes of Animals Sensing Natural DisastersNational Geographic NewsThe belief that animals can predict earthquakes has been around for centuries.In 373 B.C., historians recorded that animals, including rats, snakes and weasels, deserted the Greek city of Helice in droves just days before a quake devastated the place.Accounts of similar animal anticipation of earthquakes have surfaced across the centuries since. Catfish moving violently, chickens that stop laying eggs and bees leaving their hive in a panic have been reported. Countless pet owners claimed to have witnessed their cats and dogs acting strangely before the ground shook—barking or whining for no apparent reason, or showing signs of nervousness and restlessness.But precisely what animals sense, if they feel anything at all, is a mystery. One theory is that wild and domestic creatures feel the Earth vibrate before humans. Other ideas suggest they detect electrical changes in the air or gas released from the Earth.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------90,000 Chinese Saved by Lone Animal Quake PredictionAnimals have a great sense of knowing things before they happen. House pets seem to know that their owner will be coming home, even before they arrive. They don't receive any physical signals, but they still wait by the door or window to wait for their owner. Homing pigeons also use this ability although it is not fully understood. Many pet owners say that they have some sort of psychic bond or telepathic link with their pets. Some pets even act strangely before an earthquake hits.David Jay Brown, a graduate student was in a university laboratory with three calm rabbits. Suddenly, they became noticeably agitated. They were hopping around in their cages wildly for five minutes, and then a 5.2 earthquake hit the school!In China on February 4, 1975, the people of Haicheng were successfully evacuated right before a 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit the school! The decision to evacuate the city was taken primarily because of the strange behavior of animals. Most of the city was destroyed but all of the people in the city were evacuated before the earthquake. Almost 90,000 lives were saved.A retired geologist from California says that he can predict an earthquake just by counting missing pet ads in the newspaper and correlating this relationship to lunar-tide cycles. He claims to have 75% accuracy using this method. James has been saving and counting missing pet ads for many years. He says that when the number of missing pet ads goes up, there is probably going to be an earthquake.