Cows
While cats were able to sense earthquakes in Japan, they weren’t the only fuzzy creature to be able to do it. According to Researcher Yamauchi, the studies of the National Tsing Hua University found that cows were also exhibiting changes in behavior in advance of the earth quake. According to his studies he found that cows lowered their milk production up to a week in advance of the earthquake, and after the quake their milk production stayed decreased for up to another four days. The fact that he was able to tangibly see the rate of milk production drop shows that the cows were able to sense something that changed their behavior in a dramatic way.
Cows
African Pouched Rat
Tuberculosis isn’t a disease you hear of often in America but it is increasingly deadly in the Saharan Africa. As of 2012 there wer almost 300 cases of this disease per 100 thousand people. Research done by the World Health Organization discovered that the African Pouched Rat can sense TB and other potential germs in human saliva — and this could go a long way toward helping to diagnose and prevent future cases. According to studies the Pouched Rat can properly detect tuberculosis at an 86% rate — far more effective than the conventional ‘smear test’ performed under a lab microscope. Another plus side for the Pouched Rat: it can smell landmines, so they are also used prevalently in war torn nations — lucky people, not so lucky rats. While we don’t anticipate these rats to become the norm in more modern hospitals, they’re ease of use and cheap price will likely make them popular in clinics that cannot afford all of the top of the line equipment.
African Pouched Rat