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Animal behaviour as weather indicator
Animal behaviour as weather indicator











animal behaviour as weather indicator

On a very hot day when the humidity starts to build, millions of normally Earth-bound ants seem to miraculously sprout wings and take to the skies. Some species that do not generally bite humans, have even been known to bite rather strongly before bad weather.Īnts -This one’s a common and a spectacular sight. The usual quick moving flies become ‘sticky’ before the onset of wet weather. House Flies - Flies tend to become sluggish and crawl on exposed body parts prior to hot, humid, wet weather coming in. When cows are too hot, their milk production suffers.

animal behaviour as weather indicator

They proved that cows lie down when it is cold and stand when it is hot for long hours. As milk production is often effected in very hot weather, scientists at the Universities of Arizona and Northern Missouri decided to study the behavior of cows and their definite co-relation to the weather. According to legend, when cows sense bad weather, they become restless and antsy and begin to swat flies with their tails or lie down in the pasture to save a dry spot. Below is the list of some wonder animals that can tell you the weather that’s about to change:Ĭows - Farmers claim that these animals can forecast the weather.

animal behaviour as weather indicator

Animals are very attuned to day length and the seasons and other cues from nature that help them in many ways " says Dr Simon Robson from the School of Marine and Tropical Biology at James Cook University at Australia. "Many animals predict the arrival of summer or rain with their changing behavior, because they sense that the days are getting longer or hotter. Is it true that animals can sense things that we humans sometimes can’t?













Animal behaviour as weather indicator