@The Captain
That's a good point about animals, and it's certainly true that scientists often get stuff wrong. However, have you thought about it this way:

Do animals just behave strangely because they're more familiar with the odour of death than we are? Dogs, in particular, are much more dependent on their sense of smell than we are, and the smells like blood and carrion can linger in a room for a very long time, it's just that we don't notice them. Let's face it, we're nurtured in an environment where we're constantly masking natural odours with various fragrances and perfumes, and I for one would not claim to know how death smells. (Similarly, I was once told that some hamsters only bite people because they can smell that the person holding them is nervous.)

Sorry, I'm starting to ramble. My point is, just because something's not wholly explicable to us, must it necessarily be supernatural? I personally think there's a lot to be said for scents, sounds, etc., that our senses aren't designed to pick up, but which are perceptible to some other animals.
(LongJohnBaldry, Thu 3 Jul 2008, 21:26, Reply)