Animal's"SixthSense" A tsunami was triggered by an earthquake in the Indian Ocean inDecember,2004.It killed tens of thousands of people in Asiaand East Africa.Wild

animals,______(51),seemto have escaped that terrible tsunami."This phenomenon adds weight tonotions that they possess a "sixth sense" for______(52),"experts said. Sri

Lankan wildlifeofficials have said the giant waves that killed over 24,000 people along the Indian Ocean island's coast clearly______(53)wildbeasts,with no dead animals

found. "Noelephant are dead,not______(54)a dead rabbit.I think animals can______(55)disaster.They have a sixth sense.They know rhen things are happening." H.

D.Ratnayake,deputydirector of Sri Lanka'sWildlife Department,said about one month after the tsunami attack.The______(56)washed floodwaters up to 2 miles inland at

Yala National Park in the ravaged southeast,Sri Lanka’sbiggest wildlife______(57)and home to hundreds of wild elephants and severalleopards. "There has been a lot

of______(58)evidenceabout dogs barking or birds migrating before volcanic eruptions orearthquakes.But it has not been proven," said Matthew van Lierop,an animal

behavior______(59)atJohannesburg Zoo. "There have been no______(60)studies because you can'treally test it in a lab or field setting."he told Reuters.Otherauthorities

concurred withthis_______(61). "Wildlife seems to be able to pick upcertain_______(62),especially birds… there are many reports of birds detectingimpending

disasters,"saidClive Walker,who has written several books on Mrican wildlife.Animals______(63)rely on the known senses,such as smell or hearing,to avoiddanger such as

predators. Thenotion of an animal's"sixth sense”-or______(64)other mythical power is anenduring one which the evidence on Sri Lanka's ravaged coast is likelyto add to,

The Romans sawowls______(65)omens of impending disaster and many ancient cultures viewedelephants as sacred animals endowed with special powers or attributes.62._________

A.route

B.behavior

C.principle

D.phenomenon