Important Question: How Did The Animals React To The DC Earthquake

The National Zoo has a press release detailing how different animals reacted to the earthquake. Zookeepers must have a lot of free time: 

• About five to ten seconds before the quake, many of the apes, including Kyle (an orangutan) and Kojo (a Western lowland gorilla), abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the tree-like structure in the exhibit.

• About three seconds before the quake, Mandara (a gorilla) let out a shriek and collected her baby, Kibibi, and moved to the top of the tree structure as well...

• The red ruffed lemurs sounded an alarm call about 15 minutes before the quake and then again just after it occurred...

• According to keepers, the giant pandas did not appear to respond to the earthquake.

I can report that this mammal dove under his desk like a scared cat.