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Animals to track quake

BEIJING: Beijing has launched a new earthquake monitoring station at a wildlife park in the southwestern suburbs, using birds and animals as sensors rather than machines. The station will use more than 50 horses, donkeys, peacocks, snakes, turtles, frogs, deer and other animals at the Beijing Wildlife Park in the outer Daxing district, where more than 10,000 birds and animals roam 240 hectares, said an official. Mr. Liu said. Seismological experts say abnormal behaviour can be observed in many wild animals before an impending earthquake: hibernating animals wake up and flee from their caves and aquatic animals leap from the water. — Xinhua

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