Photo: Pandas Sensed China Quake Coming?



Young captive pandas chew on biscuits in Wolong National Nature Reserve in central China in a file photo.

Captive pandas were observed acting strangely in the minutes leading up to Monday's devastating quake, a behavior that mirrors many accounts of animals "sensing" disasters.

Photograph by Fritz Hoffman/NGS


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