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Hi-tech earthquake warning system
Get a TOAD!
British researchers said yesterday that they observed a mass exodus of toads from a breeding site in Italy five days before a major tremor struck, suggesting the amphibians may be able to sense environmental changes, imperceptible to humans, that foretell a coming quake.
The scientists were studying the common toad — bufo bufo — at a breeding colony in central Italy when they noticed a sharp decline in the number of animals at the site.
Days later, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit, killing hundreds of people and badly damaging the town of L’Aquila.
“A day after the earthquake, they all started coming back,’’ said Grant, the report’s lead author.
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Given the diversity of the human species, there is no “normal” human genome sequence. We are all mutants.
very interesting
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