In their answer to the question of whether animals really
have a sixth sense, Readers Digest informs us that a box jellyfish has 24
eyes, an earthworm’s entire body is covered with taste receptors, a cockroach
can detect movement 2,000 times the diameter of a hydrogen atom — and your
dog’s sense of smell is up to 100,000 times greater than yours (some dogs have
been known to smell human cancers). It’s safe to say that animals experience a
much different world than we do.
Yet, the foregoing is just scratching the surface! Have
you heard of animals leaving an area just before the occurrence of what we
describe as natural disasters? When you inquire further perhaps you too will
come to realise that animals have a similar origin as that of the servants of
our Creator that work with Nature. When occurrences such as earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions and floods are imminent, these servants warn and the animals
more easily perceive these warnings and act accordingly. However, man runs into the
danger and thereby suffers great harm or even perish.
We should therefore pay closer attention to animals and learn to understand them. We will then thankfully recognise that animals are our friends and form a useful link in the chain of
helpers that always surround us!
