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Guardian: Toads may be able to detect imminent earthquakes, according to scientists. The finding will add to the accounts through the centuries where animals, from dogs to rats, snakes and chickens, are said to have behaved strangely before an earthquake. In the study published today in the Journal of Zoology, a colony of toads deserted their mating site three days before an earthquake struck L'Aquila in Italy last year – the epicentre was 74km from the area where the animals had normally ......
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Italy: Toads able detect earthquake days beforehand, says study
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 31st, 2010
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