Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 14, Number 45, DeMotte, Jasper County, 22 September 1944 — Tibetan Antelope Proves Unfailing Weather Prophet [ARTICLE]

Tibetan Antelope Proves Unfailing Weather Prophet

A specimen of the massively built antelope, the Takin, an animal confined to the mountains of Tibet, achieved fame at the London zoo as a. weather prophet. When rain threatened, its dense coat emitted an oil secretion that was never known to fail as a precursor of “unsettled conditions.’* Wolves have likewise earned a reputation for being weather-wise. Their method of predicting a break in the weather takes the form of a prolonged chorus of discordant howls, repeated at short intervals for about 12 hours before the change in the weather takes place. Their predictions are almost invariably found to be correct.