Warning signs before disasters can often show up in nature or your surroundings. For example, if you notice animals suddenly leaving an area or behaving strangely, it could be a sign of an upcoming earthquake or storm. A sudden drop in water levels at the beach could mean a tsunami is approaching, so it's important to move to higher ground quickly. If you see cracks forming in the ground or hear a loud roaring sound, it might be an early sign of a landslide. Smelling gas indoors could indicate a leak, which is a warning to leave immediately and call for help to prevent an explosion. Paying attention to these signs can give you a head start in getting to safety before disaster strikes. Credit: Best Documentary / YouTube National Geographic / YouTube Claudio Carpinato Ph. / YouTube Frédéric Jiguet / YouTube Animation is created by Bright Side. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/ Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.
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00:00So, if you see a rainbow, that means you're in for some good luck.
00:04But if you see a deep-sea fish, this means that something tragic is about to happen.
00:09Let's have a look at ancient lores and what they might mean IRL.
00:15In August 2020, people started out their day just like any other in California.
00:21It was sunny, so they decided to soak in the sun at the beach.
00:24They were snorkeling and kayaking when one of them spotted something out of the ordinary
00:29– a doomsday fish.
00:31The creature was 12 feet long.
00:33It's known as an oarfish, and only about 20 of them have washed up in California since
00:391901.
00:42Oarfishes live in obscure parts of the ocean, but why are they linked to doomsday?
00:50Japanese folklore says they are harbingers of disaster.
00:53These creatures were once thought to be sea serpents, and they are known as the messenger
00:58of the beautiful palace at the bottom of the ocean.
01:01The thing is, they only left the beautiful palace to warn humans about a disaster.
01:06That's why they're mainly known as bad omens.
01:09And when you see one, you can expect to see a tsunami or an earthquake right after.
01:14Even oceanographers confirm that this is a famous association.
01:20Now here's where it gets weird.
01:22The oarfish washed up near San Diego shores on the 10th of August.
01:26And then, on the 12th of August, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake hit Los Angeles.
01:32That's not the first time it happened.
01:34In 2011, in Japan, about 20 oarfishes were found stranded on the beaches and coastlines
01:40of Tohoku.
01:41Right after that, a magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami hit the city.
01:46Something similar happened in the Philippines.
01:48On February 8, 2017, an oarfish was seen.
01:52Two days later, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the city and its nearby provinces.
01:58Sure, there is no way to prove both events are connected.
02:03The Seismological Society of America is adamant in saying that this is pure superstition.
02:09A recent study analyzed the coincidences and concluded that this association is statistically
02:14untrue.
02:18Can we say this happened literally out of the blue?
02:23Humans have historically noticed animals acting strange right before natural disasters.
02:27Earthquakes, floods, even tsunamis.
02:29It's like animals can sense something we can't.
02:32In fact, there's a lot of science to back it up.
02:36Studies show that animals can detect subtle environmental changes, like shifts in the
02:40Earth's electromagnetic field or infrasonic sounds, things humans wouldn't notice.
02:46This happens because most animals have a wider hearing range than humans and have extra-sensitive
02:51senses that help them detect gases emitted from the Earth.
02:55This theory got famous after the tragic tsunami that destroyed several cities and villages
03:00in Indonesia back in 2004.
03:03Most man-made warning systems shut down and didn't serve their role of warning humans
03:07about the disaster.
03:09Sensors were out of action due to maintenance, while other coastal areas simply didn't
03:14have any tsunami warning systems.
03:16Terrible timing, I know.
03:18Still, minutes and hours before the 30-foot wave hit the city, some animals sensed the
03:23danger and fled.
03:25Eyewitnesses say that elephants ran for higher ground, while flamingos abandoned their low
03:30nesting areas, and dogs refused to go outdoors.
03:34A local reported that he saw a herd of buffalo turning their ears toward the sea and then
03:39stampeded to the top of a hill.
03:41A lot of the people that survived the tsunami used animals as their warning systems.
03:47Now, this is not the first time humans have relied on animals to save their lives.
03:52The first official account of when it happened dates back to 373 BCE.
03:58I wasn't around then, but the Greek historian Euclides reports how the local population
04:04saw rats, weasels, and snakes running from the town before a massive earthquake hit.
04:11So what exactly is it that animals can sense that humans can't?
04:15To find that out, scientists put bio-logging tags on cows, sheep, and dogs living in Italy.
04:21For about half a year, they tracked the animals.
04:24During this time, official statistics recorded over 18,000 quakes in the region.
04:29The most shocking information was that animals began to change their behaviors up to 20 hours
04:35before an earthquake.
04:37Before an earthquake, something called positive holes happen.
04:40It's an electric charge that flows from the crust up to the surface of the Earth.
04:45It can change the air molecules above where they appear, and animals can pick up on them.
04:50There's also evidence that animals might sense changes in groundwater.
04:54Before earthquakes, distress and fault lines can release radon gas, which could alter the
05:00chemistry of groundwater.
05:02Animals that rely on it might detect these changes and react.
05:06Birds are also super-sensitive to shifts in the Earth's magnetic field, which can change
05:10just before a quake.
05:14Another research happened near Mount Etna.
05:17Located in Sicily, Italy, it's one of the most active volcanoes on the planet.
05:21In 2002, a massive eruption wiped out a ski lift, two hotels, and a series of shops located
05:28near Etna.
05:30So over the past years, a group of researchers decided to track goats living next to Etna.
05:35Their big aha moment came in 2012, when the goats started to act erratically 6 hours before
05:42Etna started to spew lava.
05:44These researchers were able to retrospectively predict around 7 disasters over the course
05:50of 2 years, all thanks to these goats.
05:54Back in 2014, a group of scientists studying golden-winged warblers in Tennessee noticed
05:59something odd.
06:01The birds had taken a detour from their customary breeding grounds.
06:05These little birds flew 435 miles from the Cumberland Mountains, where they had just
06:10arrived after flying over 3,000 miles from South America.
06:14Right after the birds left, a series of more than 80 tornadoes struck the area, causing
06:19over a billion dollars in damage.
06:22What these birds did is something scientists call an evacuation migration.
06:26They sensed the tornadoes coming from over 250 miles away.
06:33Infrasound is a big disaster giveaway.
06:36Storms and tornadoes make very strong infrasounds that can travel thousands of miles from the
06:41storm.
06:42Infrasounds are low-range frequencies, anything ranging below 20 Hz.
06:47With our normal set of human ears, we would never hear this.
06:51We have an average hearing that ranges from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz.
06:56That means you can hear something like a very, very low bass note, or as loud as the buzzing
07:00of a mosquito right next to your ear.
07:03An elephant's hearing range can reach below 20 Hz.
07:07This would make elephants expert at detecting disasters.
07:11Scientists also think that detecting infrasound is what helps birds dodge storms when they
07:16must cross the ocean.
07:17You see, the Pacific Ocean is known to not be at all passive.
07:22Although courageous humans venture to cross it, they're usually met with severe storms
07:26and conditions that their satellite instruments sometimes can't detect.
07:30Meanwhile, there's an ongoing project from France's National Museum of Natural History
07:35that is tracking more than 100 birds on their annual crossing over the Pacific.
07:40With the help of the International Space Station, they're trying to understand how
07:44these little creatures respond to natural hazards en route.
07:48But not everyone's convinced.
07:50Some scientists argue that while animals might be sensitive to environmental shifts, predicting
07:55disasters based on their behavior is too risky.
07:59The U.S. Geological Survey has pointed out that many reported cases of unusual animal
08:04behavior before disasters are anecdotal, meaning stories and reports, and large-scale studies
08:10have yet to prove a direct link.
08:12Although humans don't have the super-capabilities of predicting disasters, we have some things
08:17that might help us.
08:19Notice this.
08:20The next time you're in a place where lightning is going to hit, your hair will give a sign.
08:25If it stands on end, this means that lightning is aimed toward your beautiful person and
08:30is about to hit you.
08:31So run, find shelter, get inside a house.
08:35That's the best you can do in a situation like this.
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