article_snippet.sent: For centuries there have been accounts of animals behaving bizarrely before earthquakes.
article_snippet.sent: Now scientists have filmed the behaviour of wild animals prior to a quake and believe scientists study could help improve short-term seismic forecasting.
article_snippet.sent: scientists found that animals in Peru - such as pumas and razor-billed curassow birds - ran for cover days before the event.
article_snippet.sent: Led by Dr Rachel Grant of Anglia Ruskin University, experts used data gathered from a series of motion-triggered cameras located in the Yanachaga National Park in Peru.
article_snippet.sent: The research found that significant changes in animal behaviour began 23 days before the magnitude 7.0 Contamana earthquake that struck the region in 2011.
article_snippet.sent: On a typical day, motion-triggered cameras located in the Yanachaga National Park in Peru would record between five and 15 animal sightings.