Dogs can detect earthquakes before humans (and why that's amazing)

Can dogs really predict earthquakes? Yes. But how? Can they smell something we can't detect? Hear tremors seismometers are missing? Or are they collaborating with... cows? This episode sounds ridiculous, but the science of dogs secret sixth sense is fascinating.

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