How do Plants and Animals predict weather?

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How do Plants and Animals predict weather?

• By Sahana Thirumazhusai

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Fact or Coincidence

• Some animals and plants can predict the weather.
• But sometimes it just might be a coincidence.
• Animals like the ground hog seeing its shadow
  and magically deciding if the winter is over.
• No animal or plant could do that 100 every year.

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The feline way to predict weather

• If cats lick themselves fair weather comes.
• When there is fair weather STATIC ELECTRICITY may
  build up on a cat when it touches other objects
• Cat fur loses ELECTRONS alot so cats become
  positive
• Most cats dont like being stroked when the air
  humidity is low because electric charge can build
  up and cause small sparks which naturally
  irritates the cat

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The feline way to predict weather

• When a cat licks itself, the moisture makes the
  fur more conductive so the charge can leak off

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The cricket way to predict weather

• Crickets can tell the temperatures just by
  chirping
• Cricket Temperature Formula
• Count the crickets chirps for fourteen seconds
• Then add forty
• That is the temperature of wherever the cricket
  is

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The cow way to predict weather

• A cow with its tail to the west makes weather
  the best A cow with its tail to the east makes
  weather the least
• When cows graze its their instinct to face away
  from the wind
• When a predator tries to attack from the back the
  wind sends the smell to the animal in danger

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The cow way to predict weather

• East winds usually bring rain in the northern
  hemisphere and West winds usually bring fair
  weather in the north hemisphere .
• If you see a cow lying down on a field it may
  mean that rain is on the way because cows can
  sense the rain and lie down to make sure they
  have a dry place to lie on

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The seagull way to predict weather

• Seagulls roost more during low pressure
  conditions than high pressure
• Since rain usually comes during low pressure
  seagulls turn into weather signs
• Before a hurricane, large flocks of Seagulls are
  seen roosting

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The pinecone way to predict weather

• A pinecone can be a useful weather tool
• In dry weather the scales shrivel up and stand
  out stiffly
• When they close up it means that rain is on the
  way

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The flower way to predict weather

• "Pimpernel, pimpernel, tell me true.  Whether the
  weather be fine or no. No heart can think, no
  tongue can tell. The virtues of the pimpernel."
• Chickweed, dandelions, bindweeds, wild indigo,
  clovers, morning glories, scarlet pimpernels and
  tulips all fold their petals up during rain.

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The fungi way to predict weather

• Rain star, mushrooms and mosses open up when
  there is rain and they close when there is dry
  weather

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The woolen way to predict weather

• Wool can also predict weather in a way similar to
  the pinecones and the flowers
• When the air is dry the wool shrinks and curls up
  and if the rain is on the way it swells and
  straightens out

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The kelp way to predict weather

• Kelp or seaweed or weather weed predict weather
• These weather indicators predicts weather by
  shriveling when dry and swells up and feels damp
  if rain threatens
• Kelp can grow to be as tall as 200 feet

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Fact and cool stuff

• Animals and Plants use the sun as a calendar to
  know when to hibernate, migrate etc.
• Temperatures and weather help them to decide.
• Did you know that harvested kelp algin is used in
  the manufacturing of ice cream, salad dressing,
  beer, paper and cosmetics among other things
• Kelp is grown in china and Japan for food