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Animal’s “Sixth Sense”

A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. It killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals, 51 , seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that1 they possess a “sixth sense” for 52 , experts said.

Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24, 000 people along the Indian Ocean island’s coast clearly 53 wild beasts, with no dead animals found.

“No elephants arc dead, not 54 a dead rabbit. I think animals can 55 disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening,” H. D. Ratnayake, deputy director of Sri Lanka’s Wildlife Department, said about one month after the tsunami attack. The 56 washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka’s biggest wildlife 57 and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.

“There has been a lot of 58 evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But it has not been proven,” said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior 59 at Johannesburg Zoo.

“There have been no 60 studies because you can’t really test it in a lab or field setting,” he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this 61 .

“Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain 62 , especially birds … there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters,” said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.

Animals 63 rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger slid as predators.

The notion of an animal “sixth sense” — or 64 other mythical power is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka’s ravaged coast is likely to add to.

The Romans saw owls 65 omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special power or attributes.

51. A. therefore B. however C. although D. whatever

52. A. shelters B. foods C. disasters D. water

53. A. missed B. protected C. raised D. caught

54. A. such B. too C. so D. even

55. A. feel B. see C. hear D. sense

56. A. waves B. tides C. winds D. rivers

57. A. birthplaces B. playground C. reserve D. storage

58. A. experimental B. apparent C. scientific D. chemical

59. A. specialist B. assistant C. supporter D. sponsor

60. A. additional B. specific C. especial D. exceptional

61. A. modification B. detection C. assessment D. value

62. A. route B. behavior C. principle D. phenomenon

63. A. unwillingly B. occasionally C. doubtfully D. certainly

64. A. some B. much C. many D. few

65. A. on B. as C. for D. in

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