How Animals Deal With Earthquakes
D.C. zoo animals apparently sensed Tuesday’s earthquake before we did, but what did they do about it?
A gorilla: “shrieked and grabbed her baby.”
Apes: “dropped their food.”
Flamingoes: “cluster[ed] together.”
An elephant: “made a low-pitched noise.”
Lemurs: “emitted an alarm cry.”
Snakes: “slithered.”
Beavers: “stood … and jumped into a pond.”
A Komodo dragon: “ran.”
Lions: “stood up and stared.”
A tiger: “leaped … but quickly settled down.”
A piranha: “gave visitors a strange look.”
Poison dart frogs: “were in their thing.”
(Last two are speculation.)