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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 elephant are dead,not______(54)a dead rabbit.I think animals can______(55) disaster.They have a sixth sense.They know rhen 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 has been a lot of______(58)evidence about dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions or earthquakes.But it 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 seems 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 Mrican wildlife. Animals______(63)rely on the known senses,such as smell or hearing,to avoid danger such as predators. The notion of an animal's"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.
52._________
A:shelters
B:foods
C:disasters
D:water