Bird's strange behaviour saves family from Turkiye quake

KAHRAMANMARAS (Turkiye), March 3 (Bernama): Siham Suraj Ali’s passion for keeping birds as pets may well have been the saving grace for his family of seven after they managed to escape the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck this city on Feb 6.

The 55-year-old said the earthquake that hit southern and central Turkiye as well as northern and western Syria, was first detected by the birds, which he kept in his living room, when they began exhibiting strange behaviour.