Animal's"SixthSense"

A tsunami wastriggered by an earthquake in the Indian Oceanin December,2004.

It killed tens ofthou-

sands of people inAsia and East Africa. Wildanimals,______________(51),seem to have escaped that terrible

tsunami.Thisphenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a"sixthsense"for______________(52),cx-

perts said.

Sri Lankan wildlifeofficials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along theIndian

Ocean island's coastclearly______________(53)wild beasts,with no dead animals found.

"No elephantsare dead,not______________(54)a dead rabbit.I think animalscan______________(55)

disaster.They have asixth sense.They know when things are happening."H.D.Ratnayake,deputydirector

of Sri Lanka'sWildlife Department,said about one month after the tsunamiattack.The______________(56)

washed floodwatersup to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast,Sri Lanka'sbiggest

wildlife______________(57)andhome to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.

"There has beena lot of______________(58)evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating beforevol-

came eruptions orearthquakes.But it has not been proven,"said Matthew van Lierop an animalbehavior

______________(59)atJohannesburgZoo.

"There havebeen no______________(60)studies because you can't really test it in a lab orfield set-

ting,"he toldReuters.Other authorities concurred with this______________(61).

"Wildlife seemto be able to pick up certain______________(62),especially birds…there are manyre-

ports of birdsdetecting impending disasters."said Clive Walker,who has written severalbooks on African

wildlife.

Animals_______________(63)relyon the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as

predators.

The notion of ananimal"sixth sense”-or_______________(64)othermythical power一is an enduring one

which the evidenceon Sri Lanka'sravaged coast is likely to add to.

The Romans sawowls______________(65)omens of impending disaster and many ancient culturesviewed

elephants as sacredanimals endowed with special powers or attributes._________(62)

A.route

B.behavior

C.principle

D.phenomenon