Question about lovebirds senses

[FuzzyAga]

Funny thing about earthquakes...when I was younger, I'd wake up about 15-seconds before an earthquake hit. Now, I'm lucky if I get a 2-second warning!

Once, we were vacationing in Tokyo, Japan, (land of earthquakes) and it happened there. I was in my hotel bed, and I popped awake, not knowing why, but with a feeling of foreboding. The Northridge quake, which was felt in San Diego, (a long one, that!) I woke up about 10-seconds before it hit. Oddly, my then 12-year-old cat slept through it. He woke up only after I jumped out of bed! He was so calm.

There are many little quakes (in this area) that I wake up to--could be I respond to the low-level noise--I don't know. These little 3-and-4-Richters are easy to handle but the 5s that are sometimes accompanied by noise (if you've never heard two continental plates snapping/grating together, you're missing out on a gut-curdling experience. It's like Earth took a deep breath and roared.) are difficult. That's when I vow I'm moving out of southern California!


So far, my two lovies do not respond to these little quakes. Maybe their response is too subtle for me to comprehend. I would expect squawking, or something noisey. It might be a different reaction with quakes that are 6 and higher. I hope I never find out. Actually, one would have to be dead not to react to this level of earth activity.

[marinos]

I agree about their hearing. It's really impressive.
sometimes in the middle of the night, they hear us caughing at the other side of the house and we hear them whistling a couple of times.