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Old 08-09-2003, 05:07 PM   #8 (permalink)
macmanmike6100
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Originally posted by JadziaDax
How about how they can sense really bad storms before they start? Like a tornado or severe thunderstorm with hail.

My cat will not leave my side when a really bad storm is on it's way... and you can't say it's how I am reacting to it, because sometimes I don't even know the storm is going to be that bad.
Living beings are generally sensitive to changes in the environment (http://www.fitnesspastfifty.com/article1035_2.html). Just as bacteria will react to differences in acidity, insects and mammals can detect differences in macro-weather, such as temperature, humidity, and barometric pressure.

Thousands of years of evolution have given creatures a standard but, to us, a strange ability to sense the environment. We, on the other hand, can sense what we need to and, often, nothing more.
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