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Goats as an early warning system in Italy

May 22, 2023

Be it an earthquake or a volcanic eruption, Italy's goats can sense when a natural disaster is imminent. On Mount Etna, they flee before instruments register that anything is happening. Scientists want to use this ability as an early warning system.

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