Any sophisticated disaster preparedness equipment, no one has been able to detect the occurrence of an earthquake. New quake known as vibration was felt. Apparently, we still lost by red ants. A small animal can detect earthquakes.A study in Germany headed by Gabriele berberich of the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, found the ant behavior changes when an earthquake will occur. The researchers observed the behavior of forest fire ants (red wood ant).
Signs of the earthquake would be known from the "anxiety" of the ants, the visible of lifestyle violated diurnal (active during the day to gather food and move, then rest at night). however, when an earthquake will happen, it will be a red ant colony kept awake all night outside their nest though this situation makes them vulnerable to attacks from predators. When the earthquake was over, normal behavior would be back though not necessarily. In that study, the red ant behavior normal activities the day after the earthquake passed.
Recording three years
Gabriele berberich and his team of researchers studied the behavior of red ants in their natural habitat in the forests. The study was conducted over three years in 2009-2012. During the study period, the red ant behavior was recorded on video, 24 hours a day. Within the study period, there were 10 quakes with power ranging from 2 to 3.2 on the Richter scale (SR). Of these events, the researchers found changes in behavior every time an earthquake will occur, that it was just going to an earthquake exceeding 2 SR. 2 magnitude earthquake is also the smallest vibration force can be felt human.
Gabriele berberich and his team of researchers studied the behavior of red ants in their natural habitat in the forests. The study was conducted over three years in 2009-2012. During the study period, the red ant behavior was recorded on video, 24 hours a day. Within the study period, there were 10 quakes with power ranging from 2 to 3.2 on the Richter scale (SR). Of these events, the researchers found changes in behavior every time an earthquake will occur, that it was just going to an earthquake exceeding 2 SR. 2 magnitude earthquake is also the smallest vibration force can be felt human.
Pile of red ants nest (red wood ant) like this
abundant in forests in countries 4 seasons / wildlifenorthamerica.com
When explaining the study results in the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna, Austria, berberich explains ant behavior changes before earthquakes presumably related to their receptors. These behavioral changes were also associated with changes in gas emissions or the Earth's magnetic field that occur in the ant habitat when the earthquake struck.berberich say, forest red ant has two receptors. Both receptors are kimi (chemoreceptor) to detect the levels of carbon dioxide and magnetic receptors (magnetoreceptor) to "monitor" electromagnetic fields. "(But) we're not sure why or how they react to stimuli or stimulus that appears," said berberich as quoted by OurAmazingPlanet . Because of that, he and his team of researchers plans to deepen the study seismic activity in the region with higher to see the reaction of red ants on a larger quake.
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