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Animals often have more information than we do. For example, vultures have extremely good eyesight and can see a dead antelope from a height of five kilometers. Or seals: They can dive into the deep sea, even under the ice - where climatic changes on our planet can be recognized early on. How can the knowledge of animals help us? On a small Indonesian island, something incredible is said to have happened before the great tsunami in 2004: almost all the residents packed their things in time, left their houses and moved to the mountains. There they waited while the deadly wave rolled over their island. People say that they followed the signals of their animals at the time. Water buffalo and chickens were behaving noticeably restlessly. Did the animals know that a tsunami was rolling toward their island? Animals seem to have information that we don't have, but could use. Whether it's their unique perspective and habitat, as in the case of seals, or their sharp senses: animals are often ahead of us with their knowledge. For several years now, researchers have been equipping animals all over the world with small transmitters, known as biologgers. These can record different data depending on the animal. The animal's state of health, for example, but also data from its environment. Scientists are trying to obtain information that animals have ahead of us. Seals, for example, collect data in the sea that helps us understand how the planet will continue to change as a result of climate change. Vultures have become a kind of police force of the savannah. But scientists are still having a hard time understanding this seemingly mysterious sixth sense: Can buffalo really sense a tsunami in advance? And snakes an earthquake? And if so, how can we use it to our advantage? Science documentary series, Director: Jenny von Sperber (D 2023, 30 min) #animals #science #documentary Available until 02/12/2024 Subscribe to ARTE's YouTube channel: / artede Follow us on social networks: Facebook: / arte.tv Twitter: / artede Instagram: / arte.tv