Sam's reply: Well, Janet. people have believed for many centuries that animas can predict earthquakes in fact we can look bock to records from the ancent Greeks noticed that animals acted oddly in the hours before earthquakes Even now people talk about dogs that won't stop baking and cats that won't come out of hiding before an earthquake Furthermore, strange behavior ike this before earthquakes isn't limited to pets People have also reported bees leaving their homes. and big groups of fish seeing chickens stop dying mysteriously in the hours before a natural disaster his Its hard to answer your question, since not all seismologists or animal experts agree that an mals can pred ct earthquakes Those that disagree claim that we should take into account other thrgs that affect animal behavior, such as hunger on the other hand, many people who believe that animals can predict earthquakes often have records of very strange an mal behavor right before the ground shakes To them, this is evidence that animals can indeed predict earthquakes in short, the truth is that we aren't sure Animals might be able to sense earthquakes before they happen, but there is no solid evidence that they can However, one thng that most seismologists can agree on is that more research is needed Animals may be the key to predicting earthquakes before they happen, and could help save many lives