Humpback whale mother and calf. Photo source: OAR/National Undersea Research Program (NURP) / NOAA
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Do whales hear earthquakes long before humans?
As tsunami warnings hit the Indonesian and Sri Lankan coasts last week, observers at sea watched as every species of cetacean, from massive blue whales to diminutive spinner dolphins, disappeared within five minutes.
British photographer and film-maker Andrew Sutton, who was off the southern tip of Sri Lanka, reports that he and his crew were mystified as the whales they were watching vanished in the space of a few minutes…
