Many seconds before earthquake seismic vibrations reach the surface, birds that build mud nests such as sparrows rush out of cliffs and warn their neighbors to get out. The same case with Seagulls.
It is also thought that they are able to smell certain inert gases that are emitted by the ground seconds to an earthquake.
Wazee wa zamani wangejua mtoto asiye wake, mtoto wa kugongewa na hakuwa na DNA technology back then. They say Mzae likuwa anasisimukwa akishika mtoto si wake. Lions know how to do that ancient DNA test even today without laboratories.