Have you ever heard the saying that dogs act nervous and cats get frisky as kittens when a bad storm is on the way? Here are some other behaviors that is suppose to predict the coming of bad weather:

Frogs croak louder and longer than usual.

Roosters crow later in the day.

Birds fly lower to the ground and gather on tree branches and telephone wires.

Pigs squeal more and gather sticks to make a nest.

Cows lay down in the fields to feed, and lay down to ensure they have a dry spot to lay. Cows also run around the field with their tails raised high swatting flies before a storm.

Bees and butterflies seem to disappear from the flower beds they usually visit.

Red and black ants build up their mounds around the holes, and may actually cover the hole.

Fish jump out of the water and nip at low flying insects.

Dolphins come into sheltered bays to avoid storms.

Spiders leave their webs when it rains.

Bees won't leave their hives.

Seagulls come inland and human beings claim to have pain in their joints, or stuffed up noses before it rains.

All over the globe animals have behaviors they exhibit before the weather changes for the worst.

History is full of weather lores. I will leave you with a few pertaining to animals:

If a cat washes her face o'er her ear, 'tis a sign the weather will be fine and clear.

Rainbow in the morning, shepherds take warning. Rainbow at night, shepherds delight.

I know ladies by the score, whose hair foretells a storm; Long before it pours, Their curls take a drooping form.

Mares tails and mackerel scales, Make lofty ships carry low sails.
When the wind is in the north, the skillful fisher goes not forth. When the wind is in the east, 'tis good for neither men nor beast. When the wind is in the south, it blows the flies in the fish's mouth. But when the wind is in the west, there it is the very best.

Fish bite least, with wind in the east.

When the ditch and pond affect the nose, Look out for rain and stormy blows.

A coming storm your shooting corn presage, and aches will throb, your hollow tooth will rage.

If your corns all ache and itch, The weather will make a switch.

If birds fly low, Expect rain and a blow.

If the rooster crows on going to bed, You may rise with a watery head.

Trout jump high, When rain is nigh.

Cats and dogs eat grass before a rain.

A swarm of bees in May, is worth a load of hay.

When sheep gather in a huddle, Tomorrow will have a puddle.

Expect the weather to be fair, When crows fly in pairs.

If woolly worms are dark, the coming weather will be severe.

When ladybugs swarm Expect a day that's warm.

When chickens scratch together, There's sure to be foul weather.

When pigs carry sticks, The clouds will play tricks. When they lye in the mud, No fears of a flood.

If the sparrow makes a lot of noise, rain will follow.
What always amazes me, is how much we can count on many of these peculiar behaviors. So the next time you notice animals acting a bit strange, pay close attention, they may be trying to give you a warning.

Given how violent the current storms are, I wouldn't necessarily say it's a sixth sense - their hearing is approximately 20 times more sensitive than ours. That's a lot of hearing to have for all that thunder! They can also hear distant thunder even before the storm arrives.

Animals sense the change in barometric pressure, so they can also feel the change in their bodies - many humans can as well, but a lot of people just don't know to pay attention to it, or don't understand why their mood changes all of a sudden when a front comes through.

"There is an obscure superstition that goes something like this: Knowing that animals can see ghosts, when an animal sees a ghost one can, from behind the animal, look between their ears toward where the animal is looking and see the ghost that they see," says Scott P. Yet he tried this very thing and discovered that the superstition is not true. He had the opportunity to test it as a young boy on a winter's day in his family's 100-year-old home,which had previously been a funeral home:

I, with my cat and dog curled up for warmth, sat on a heater vent wrapped in a blanket. I was in the living room with a perfect view of the entryway. From here I heard some footsteps upstairs. The cat's and dog's ears both perked up at the sound of the footsteps as they seemed to go down the hall toward the top of the spiraling staircase in the entryway. Both animals watched some invisible presence slowly walk down the stairs and through the living room then into the dining room. I, quite apprehensively, looked between both my cat's and my dog's ears as their heads and eyes seemed to follow someone walking though my house. Both animals' heads moved in tandem and the acted very much aware of the presence. Yet I could sense nothing aside from the sound of steps and the reaction of the animals. I was somewhat disappointed.

yes, i think many animals have extra sensory perception, or their ways of perceiving things seems that way to us. a few years ago i was walking through a wooded area. it was a sunny warm Septemeber morning. suddenly, I noticed that all the birds stopped singing. I hadnt noticed the bird noise until it suddenly went deafeningly silent. A moment after the complete quiet, the earthquake began. It was a small quake, just sent to trees swaying back and forth and ground gently rumbling for a few minutes. then, when it was done, the birdsong gradully resumed. it was amazing!

Amazing how the animals fore warn us, if we only stop and listen.

yep i know they can, have seen it... just like the posts above, all animals take shelter, we just have to notice what they are doing.

I do believe they do, however some of the previously mentioned "tales" are just plain silly.

Roosters crow later in the day. - Roosters crow 24/7, especially if they're reacting to each other. I was up at 4AM for 30 minutes while my idiots had a crow-a-thon.


Pigs squeal more and gather sticks to make a nest./ When pigs carry sticks, The clouds will play tricks. When they lye in the mud, No fears of a flood. - They gather sticks, grass etc. to freshen their nests. When I see mine doing that, I know I need to toss in more straw for them to burrow down in, because they've beaten down what they have. As far as mud goes, that's close, but only because if one is burrowing in mud it's godawful hot out and they're trying to cool off. One doesn't usually get floods in hot weather.

Cows lay down in the fields to feed, and lay down to ensure they have a dry spot to lay. Cows also run around the field with their tails raised high swatting flies before a storm. - Cows lay down about 14 hours a day, if they're allowed to. They're regurgitating and chewing their cud. It doesn't signify rain. Flies run in cycles. Could count on about every 20 days, I'd have to go out and bug spray everyone down for about 3 days straight.

Cats and dogs eat grass before a rain. - They eat grass when they need to throw up.

Cool thanks.

if you consider the creationist theory we have to admit that someone create any kind of life in this world

so any kind of live being get a soul or is able to contact the invisible dimension where everything is possible