Listen, nature is talking to us
Four years ago, we read about freak incidents where crustaceans, fish and other marine animals landed in abundance on our shores and those of our neighbours. To most these signalled some sort of blessing from heaven. Little did they know that they were actually signs of impending disaster. In thi...
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| description | Four years ago, we read about freak incidents where crustaceans, fish and other marine animals landed in
abundance on our shores and those of our neighbours.
To most these signalled some sort of blessing from heaven. Little did they know that they were actually signs
of impending disaster. In this case, it was the tsunami of December 2004, which hit not only Aceh, but a dozen
other countries.
There had also been reports of animals behaving strangely just before the tsunami. But humans, the socalled
paragons of the animal kingdom, were not alert to these signals. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-330302017-04-11T00:59:02Z http://eprints.usm.my/33030/ Listen, nature is talking to us Abd Razak, Dzulkifli QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) Four years ago, we read about freak incidents where crustaceans, fish and other marine animals landed in abundance on our shores and those of our neighbours. To most these signalled some sort of blessing from heaven. Little did they know that they were actually signs of impending disaster. In this case, it was the tsunami of December 2004, which hit not only Aceh, but a dozen other countries. There had also been reports of animals behaving strangely just before the tsunami. But humans, the socalled paragons of the animal kingdom, were not alert to these signals. 2008-05-25 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/33030/1/DZUL227.pdf Abd Razak, Dzulkifli (2008) Listen, nature is talking to us. New Sunday Times. |
| spellingShingle | QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) Abd Razak, Dzulkifli Listen, nature is talking to us |
| title | Listen, nature is talking to us |
| title_full | Listen, nature is talking to us |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Listen, nature is talking to us |
| title_short | Listen, nature is talking to us |
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| topic | QH1 Natural history (General - Including nature conservation, geographical distribution) |
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