Can fish predict earthquakes?

[islandguy11]

Of course we hear many accounts of this happening with land-based creatures, so wouldn't be surprised if fish can too. I wonder if any of our Alaskan fish keepers saw any difference in fish behavior before the last round of quakes there?

Sightings of oarfish put Japanese on alert for earthquake, tsunami

https://www.asiaone.com/asia/sightings-oarfish-put-japanese-alert-earthquake-tsunami

 

[tlindsey]

Of course we hear many accounts of this happening with land-based creatures, so wouldn't be surprised if fish can too. I wonder if any of our Alaskan fish keepers saw any difference in fish behavior before the last round of quakes there?

Sightings of oarfish put Japanese on alert for earthquake, tsunami

https://www.asiaone.com/asia/sightings-oarfish-put-japanese-alert-earthquake-tsunami

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I believe it. Birds get quite and land animals move instinctively to higher ground.

 

[islandguy11]

Yep, I think I'll get an oarfish just to be on the safe side

 

[Hendre]

I believe weather loaches are quite good at it. I read somewhere that in China they had large groups of various animals dotted around in encampments to warn of earthquakes, where I believe the loaches were used.
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-33362592
Here we go.

 

[islandguy11]

I believe weather loaches are quite good at it. I read somewhere that in China they had large groups of various animals dotted around in encampments to warn of earthquakes, where I believe the loaches were used.
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-33362592
Here we go.

Interesting link Hendre, thx for sharing -- I hadnt heard of anyone being that organized about it before.

 

[JAYBIRD1011]

Yep, I think I'll get an oarfish just to be on the safe side

How much glass would that require? And the water changes! I don't even want to think about it.

 

[Steve_C]

I believe some can. On an episode of River Monsters (Jeremy Wade) he visited a place in Japan that did a study on catfish that were in an aquarium in a lab. They found that the catfish were something like 300" or 400% more active crossing the center line of the tank the day before an earthquake every time there was an earthquake.

 

[krichardson]

Yep, I think I'll get an oarfish just to be on the safe side

Surely one of our great vendors can track one down.

 

[islandguy11]

How much glass would that require? And the water changes! I don't even want to think about it.

I tried to contemplate it but gave up after 3 seconds lol.

 

[jaws7777]

I bet most of them can. My cats and polys react to vibrations my kids make jumping around on the 1st floor. The tank is in the basement