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Animal's "Sixth Sense"
A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean in December, 2004. it killed tens of thousands of people in Asia and East Africa. Wild animals, __________ (51), seem to have escaped that terrible tsunami. This phenomenon adds weight to notions that they possess a "sixth sense" for __________ (52), experts said.
Sri Lankan wildlife officials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast clearly __________ (53) wild beasts, with no dead animals found.
"No elephants are dead, not __________ (54) a dead rabbit. I think animals can __________ (55)disaster. They have a sixth sense. They know when things are happening," H.D. Ratnayake,deputy director of Sri Lanka's Wildlife Department, said about one month after the tsunami attack.
The __________ (56) washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast, Sri Lanka's biggest wildlife __________ (57) and home to hundreds of wild elephants and several leopards.
"There have been a lot of __________ (58) evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes. But i,t has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop, an animal behavior __________ (59) at Johannesburg Zoo.
"There have been no __________ (60) studies because you can't really test it in a lab or field setting," he told Reuters. Other authorities concurred with this __________ (61).
"Wildlife seem to be able to pick up certain __________ (62), especially birds ... there are many reports of birds detecting impending disasters," said Clive Walker, who has written several books on African wildlife.
Animals __________ (63) rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators.
The notion of an animal "sixth sense" -- or __________ (64) other mythical power--is an enduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged coast is likely to add to.
The Romans saw owls __________ (65) omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewed elephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.
_________ A.therefore
B.however
C.although
D.whatever

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