Python Saves The Lives Of Three Tsunami Victims

by hillary_step 12 Replies latest jw friends

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  XQsThaiPoes

  I am wondering is it as simple as the animals hearing the quake before humans do. Also I was reading about "morgan's sea gypsies" basically a seafaring tribe that sail the orient (boy I feel so unPC). Their "elders" passed down for generations that if you see the bay drain the water will come back at the same speed it left, and to run to higher ground. Many fishermen died picking up fish that were beached when the water receded except the Sea gypsies who ran. Tsunami's are old as earth I am wondering from an evolutionary stand point if humans who live in a high risk area pass down infromation on how to survive and even that may only happen once a generation. It seems like DNA would pass some type of universal tsunami warning system over time. Think of it. Most of the animals with out it would be slain like the humans and never breed.
  
  It reminds me of the car crash cammeras in Japan. A scientist figured out before a crash the same exact patternd of sounds are made no matter what type of vehicles are involved. It is usually the revveing of the engine or screech of tires followed by broken glass. The cammera listens for tires screeching and starts recording, if it hears the glass it knows it was an accident, and saves the file. If such an event like a car crash can be forseen by a traffic cammera an 9.0 earthquake should give an enumerable amount of signals to any group of creatures in the path of one.
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  Special K

  Wow.. being saved by a python. Man that is just amazing.

  this was impressive too.

  It reminds me of the car crash cammeras in Japan. A scientist figured out before a crash the same exact patternd of sounds are made no matter what type of vehicles are involved. It is usually the revveing of the engine or screech of tires followed by broken glass. The cammera listens for tires screeching and starts recording, if it hears the glass it knows it was an accident, and saves the file.

  Way cool

  Special K
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  Special K

  Mulan you are right about the elephants. They are very helpful in this disaster. Read this in the morning paper.

  ... AP An elephant clears debris in Khao Lak, Thailand, on Sunday. Elephants go where machines can't By RICHARD VOGEL / The Associated Press BANG NIENG, Thailand - A year ago, they were filming battle scenes for the movie Alexander. Now six elephants are pitching in to help with the massive cleanup effort from the tsunami that devastated many of Thailand's prime tourist destinations. The massive waves, which killed 5,000 and left nearly 4,000 others missing, dumped debris up to two kilometres from the popular beaches of Phuket Island and Phang Nga province. While heavy machinery works on the tangled wreckage that used to be posh seafront resorts, some areas are too muddy or hilly for anything other than four-foot drive. So the Wang Chang elephant farm in the 17th-century Thai capital of Ayuddhaya offered to send in its best pachyderms. They arrived by truck Sunday in Phang Nga and got to work immediately - after a shower to cool off in the tropical heat. "The six were chosen because they are smart and can act on command," said Romthongsai Meephan, one of the elephant farm's owners. The elephants, all males, were cast with Colin Farrell and Angeline Jolie in Alexander, recreating their ancient roles as battle tanks. Today, they mostly entertain tourists, but they are also experienced at dragging logs through forests. "They will be assigned to work in towing heavy objects and pulling out debris," said Siriphong Leeprasit, a district official in Phang Nag. "Elephants could work better in pulling out the remains of collapsed buildings and houses, especially in areas flooded with mud or hilly areas." In Indonesia, another 11 elephants have been pressed into similar duty because there were few trucks and other heavy equipment to do the job. A TV report showed them pulling a sports utility vehicle from a collapsed building. Cranes and backhoes have been used to open routes to areas cut off in Thailand, but many local residents have complained that assistance has been slow to arrive and some areas have still not been accessed, particularly near Khao Lak beach, about 80 kilometres north of Phuket. So two of the elephants headed into a rough forested road that was blocked by uprooted palm trees, cement utility poles, cars, motorbikes and TV sets. A police patrol boat had washed up on a hill, about two kilometres from the beach. The receding waters left behind two murky saltwater lakes. The beasts were watered down by their trainers, called mahouts, and then began using their trunks and tusks to clear the road. The animals made quick work of huge muddy clumps of plant material and didn't need much more time to handle the heavy utility pylons. Then, afterlunch, they were ready to move to their next task.