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How to predict the weather through animals

* * "When ants get in the way, it will rain heavily. When ants move, it will rain heavily. " Before the rain, there was more water vapor in the air, and the ant nest became wet, which made it impossible for ants to settle down and leave the nest. * * "When dragonflies fly low, it rains when there is no wind." Before the rain, the air pressure is low, and most insects float in the low altitude. Dragonflies often fly in the air two or three meters above the ground, and this will happen soon in order to feed. Spiders make webs to catch insects, but spiders don't make webs in stormy weather. Therefore, spiders can make webs and collect them to predict sunny weather. * * "Earthworms are crawling on the road, and the rain is like hemp. Complaining and singing, the weather is fine. " Earthworms like to dig holes in places with low humidity and loose soil, such as digging activities, which shows that there is more water vapor in the air and low air pressure, which is a sign of heavy rain. It shows that there is not much water vapor in the air, which is a sign of sunny days. * * "Worm corridor is a sign of rain. Toad croak, heavy rain is coming. " Snake gallery is commonly known as insect. The snake gallery means that the humidity in the air increases, the air pressure is low, and the water vapor in the cave is not easy to spread and evaporate, so it is sultry and the snake has difficulty breathing. When it comes out of the cave, it will be a sign of rain. Toads are amphibians. Before the rain, the air pressure was low and there was a lot of water vapor. Toad's cry has this kind of performance: very quiet, intermittent, sometimes big and sometimes small, hoarse voice. * * "Crows sing late, and the wind and rain are not far away." Crows always go against the wind. At night, crows fly around in the sky and croak, indicating that the wind direction in the sky is uncertain, which is a sign that there will be wind and rain in the sky. * * "The old cow looked up and sniffed. It's raining. It is difficult for domestic animals to dissipate heat, and sometimes there is a phenomenon of opening their mouths to dissipate heat from the sky. * * "joint pain, windy and not rainy. The scar itches in the morning and the wind blows at night. "Before the heavy wind and rain, meteorological factors such as temperature, air pressure and humidity changed greatly. The elderly or people with physical injuries were particularly sensitive, and their physical reactions were fatigue or joint pain. Scar itching. This is a manifestation of human activities affected by weather changes. * * "ring, the wind blows". Comb your hair with a wooden comb sometimes makes a beat, because the air is dry and the wooden comb rubs your hair to generate static electricity. This happens mostly in spring and autumn when strong winds come. The dry air comes from the northwest of China, and there are often strong winds in front of it. The proverb (jingle) that animals measure the sky is one of them. Swallows fly low and report on rainy days; Take a bath, it will rain; Swallows are lying on the ground, and it is raining cats and dogs. Second, finches: finches call it sunny, pigeons call it rain; When birds eat water, it will rain; Birds take a bath, and the rain is not small; The bird wipes its mouth, it's going to rain. Third, geese: geese fly to Haikou, and the weather is fine; The geese flew inland, and there was a big storm; When geese fly south, the sky will turn cold; When geese fly north, the sky will get warmer. Fourth, cicadas: the weather is fine, but cicadas don't sing in rainy days; Cicadas sing in the rain to forecast sunny days; Cicada chirps, and the rainy season stops early; Cicada sings early and ends, and autumn turns cold. 5. Dragonfly: Dragonfly basks in the sun; Dragonfly is very low, with brown clothes, dragonfly water, continuous drizzle; Dragonflies circled in the sky thousands of times, but it rained for three days. 6. Loach: Loach is quiet, sunny, loach moves, and the weather changes; The loach jumps fiercely, and the wind and rain are coming; The loach is bubbling, and the rain is coming. 7. Frog: Long rain will make frogs croak and the weather will clear up; Listen to frogs for a long time, and the wind and rain will come; The rain stopped listening to frogs, and the weather was not clear; Frogs are crying loudly, and rain is coming. Cows and sheep are often compared. Cows can predict the weather, and sheep are no exception. Newton, a great scientist, once heard a shepherd say that it was going to rain. He was very suspicious because it was unusually sunny at that time. However, it rained heavily in less than half an hour. Newton was surprised and asked for advice. The shepherd said that if a sheep likes to lie on the eaves, it is a "hygrometer". If sheep jump on the grass, it will be sunny. Frogs are called "living barometer" in the animal kingdom. When the air is dry, the frog's skin water evaporates quickly and naturally stays in the water (keeping the skin moist). Frogs will jump out of the water in wet and rainy seasons, including when the air humidity is high before rain. Because of this, as long as the indigenous people in Africa see the tree frog climb from the water to the tree, they will take some measures to prevent rain and moisture. Sparrows are the "least precious" birds, but they are the "sensitive person" of weather changes. In winter, if they are found looking for food everywhere and flying constantly, there will still be weeds in their mouths when they enter the nest. This shows that sparrows are hoarding food. It usually snows in 3-5 days. In summer and autumn, when the weather is sultry and the air is humid, sparrows feel itchy and fly to shallow water to take a bath to dissipate heat. This situation indicates that it will rain in a day or two. If a large number of sparrows bathe, there will be heavy rain in the future. Therefore, the folk proverb says, "When sparrows take a bath, it rains cats and dogs. "Spiders are also ugly little animals, but military strategists in history like to watch cobwebs and measure the weather! /kloc-in the summer of 0/940, Hitler made the "Eagle Plan", trying to bomb the big factories in Britain in foggy days-the tall chimneys protruding on the sea in foggy days were the targets of German bombing, and foggy days were bound to be unfavorable for British aircraft to join forces. On August 15, the Germans began bombing, but it was on this day that the British learned from the phenomenon of a large number of local spiders netting that the weather would get better and better. So prepare for the battle, most German bombers will be shot down soon, and Hitler's "Eagle Project" will be completely bankrupt. Chipmunks live in cold Siberia. They can also predict the weather. On a clear day, if chipmunks run around screaming, it means that dark clouds will soon cover the sky and heavy rain is coming. If chipmunks scream loudly in the morning, it indicates that there will be bad weather around the night. ■ Plants also know that willow trees are sunny in summer, and the leaves are drooping and swaying with the wind, which is a kind of scenery; However, if the willow leaves turn white, it indicates that rainy weather is coming. In fact, if you look closely, you will find that it is not that the willow leaves turn white, but that the willow leaves will all reverse before the rainy day. The reverse side of the willow leaves is light green and there is a layer of "white frost" on the surface. Interested parties may wish to observe and verify it before and after the summer and autumn rainy season. The top of pumpkin vine usually grows slowly downward, but if the top of pumpkin vine is generally upward, it indicates that the weather will turn from sunny to rainy. On the contrary, it is found that the top of pumpkin vine is generally downward in rainy weather, which indicates that the weather will clear up. Taozhu is a plant in southern China, which produces bamboo shoots every year. When bamboo shoots grow in the middle of the mother bamboo (commonly known as "mother holding baby"), it means that the winter of that year is relatively cold. On the contrary, when bamboo shoots grow on the periphery of the mother bamboo (commonly known as "holding the mother"), it indicates that the winter of that year is warmer. Mimosa is wonderful: if you touch it, its leaves will close and droop like shyness. Among them, due to different shyness, the weather is different: if the touched mimosa leaves close and droop quickly, on the contrary, the touched mimosa leaves shrink and droop slowly, or the leaves open slightly after closing, which indicates that the wind and rain are coming. Artemisia annua (mainly Artemisia annua and Artemisia ordosica) is a kind of drought-tolerant wild plant in Compositae. If many tender white buds are found in its roots during severe drought, it indicates that it will rain in the near future. Ligustrum lucidum is an evergreen tree, and its leaves grow with autumn. If there are no long leaves (or few long leaves), it seems that it will enter the winter dormancy period, which indicates that there will be continuous rainy weather in autumn in the next 2-3 months, that is, as the saying goes, "Privet Ye Quan is gone, and it must be drenched in autumn. "Mirabilis jalapa, also known as rouge flower, blooms in summer, with purple, red and white colors. It usually blooms the night before and withers the next morning. If the flowers wither later, it means it will rain that day.