“…A Cal Tech seismologist was aware of the natural forces that
are working slowly but inexorably under the earth, out of sight,
unnoticed, setting off reactions and counterreactions in fragile
earth faults deep in the bowels of the earth. There was no
reliable way, despite all the scientific research, to predict
them — except for the behavior of animals trying to escape the
doomed area. Nobody but the horses, dogs, birds, fish, rats and
cockroaches, fleeing their forest or city homes, seem to know
with certainty when a temblor is about to strike, and then,
alas, only a few hours before the event. In Yellowstone National
Park in Wyoming, the day before a major quake the forest became
silent, and visitors wondered at the absence of the chirping
birds. They didn’t wonder long. Twenty-four hours later a
devastating life-threatening quake shook the wild nature
preserve, uprooting trees and buildings and causing widespread
damage. Showing some primal connection between animal life —
closer to nature than man — and