Comments on: Mysterious Light Associated with Earthquakes . . .

By: ER

ER — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:12:41 +0000

…but why it should influence their pooping behavior.

You may have stumbled onto something here, Bowser.

And if traces of this sense are present in humans, then orientation of the toilet in your house becomes critical!

Fortunately, one of my commodes faces N, the other faces E.

By: Ainz

Ainz — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:57:43 +0000

Back in the 1980′s But, I can’t find anything to back that up. (will keep digging)

Sure would go a long way toward explaining some weird aerial phenomena.

By: bowser

bowser — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 03:31:29 +0000

With massive amounts of rock rubbing against other massive amounts of rock, it does seem reasonable that massive amounts of static electricity could be generated. And animals may sense changes in the electrical field around them and get nervous.

A test would be to see which ways dogs align themselves when they poop just prior to an earthquake. If it changes from normal, it may sense a change in the electrical fields.

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/do-dogs-possess-poop-compass-other-weird-science-questions-2D11849668

“One of the dogs participating in a study of the canine “inner compass” does its business in Mülheim an der Ruhr (City on the River) in Germany. Researchers found that dogs seem to prefer to align themselves with magnetic field lines when they defecate.”