The viral video, posted to Reddit, shows birds flying around in circles before all landings in the branches of the few nearby trees.
to have been filmed during the earthquake have turned out to be older and from the other side of the world.There is some evidence supporting the claim that animals can detect earthquakes before the main shockwaves hit.was unable to verify the time and date of the video posted to reddit, nor that it captured the activity of birds just before the earthquake struck in Turkey or Syria, or that it was even filmed in the same area affected by the natural disaster.
Additionally, birds usually take flight during earthquakes, rather than landing as seen in the video.Do you have an animal or nature story to share with Newsweek? Do you have a question about animals and earthquakes? Let us know via [email protected]. Unverified: The claim could be true or false, but there is at the time of publication insufficient publicly-available evidence to prove so either way. The claim should be treated with caution and skepticism until more evidence becomes available to make a conclusive determination.
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