Cats in a Cat Cafe in Japan Reacting to an Earthquake - 994393
What it is
A one-minute clip from a cat cafe in Japan where sleeping cats wake and look around just before an earthquake begins shaking the room.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Commenters use it in earthquake threads as an anecdote that animals may sense tremors seconds before humans, and occasionally as a joke about cat alarms.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2019, last 2024
What HN commenters said
“you can clearly see the cats get alerted to something ~10 seconds before the shaking starts”
Cats visibly alerted about ten seconds before the shaking.
floxy, 2024-04 · Recommendation · in “M 4.8 – 2024 Whitehouse Station, New Jersey Earthquake”
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Topics: cats, earthquake, japan, animal behavior
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