Question

Compare the scientific techniques used in natural disaster prediction to the warning given by animals and birds of the impending disaster in terms of their accuracy citing at least two examples of such occurrence from around the world.

Answer 1

Scientific techniques used for natural disaster prediction involves using off-shore cameras to predict hurricanes, predicting the movement of tectonic plates for earthquake, and supercells used for spotting tornadoes etcetera

Animals and birds both have the ability to detect low frequency (infrasound) to high-frequency sounds (ultrasound) and natural disasters come with low frequency (infrasound) which got detected by animals and leads to change in animal or birds behavior.

For example:

• Birds hunker down when a storm is about to hit as birds can detect the change in air pressure.
• In 2001 Gujrat earthquake, dogs in the street began barking wildly before the disaster.