Animal Sixth Senses

You're probably saying to yourself: enough about this vet and veterinary care, let's talk about animal 6th senses.  And, in the name of earthquakes and animals being prescient of natural events, we will talk about some of the best references I have found to discern what animals know about the world that we may not suspect.

The first book (and I think required reading during the coming hurricane or tropical storm - run out to the library before it's too late) is by Rupert Sheldrake.  Dr. Sheldrake is described as "one of the world’s most innovative biologists and writers, is best known for his theory of morphic fields and morphic resonance, which leads to a vision of a living, developing universe with its own inherent memory" by his own website.  And he's a relatively good writer.  His key book on animals is "Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home." 

A little less scientific, (OK, a great deal less scientific) is Emma Heathcote-James.  She emphasizes the psychic experience as opposed to the physics and scientific analysis.  But, it takes all sorts to make the world go round and if you prefer this to Sheldrake, have at it!  Psychic Pets: How Animal Intuition and Perception Has Changed Human Lives.  I like animal-human bond stories.

Always a charmer and charming is the Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson new-world classic Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior.  The rationale for this inclusion that we can't know what is beyond the scope of normal behavior without knowing what is to be expected.

If you have other preferred sources for understand the mysteries of animal intuition into the natural world, please give us suggestions and we'll share with everyone. 




I just found this source from the National Zoo: http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/PressMaterials/PressReleases/NZP/2011/earthquake.cfm   It describes the responses of various animals to last week's earthquake.  Interesting.