A solar eclipse is approaching, but have you ever thought about how it will affect animals? Will your pets be scared? Do birds migrate? Will the monkeys run away and take shelter?
In other words, while there is still no scientific consensus on whether solar eclipses cause strange behavior in animals, there are numerous reports of animals displaying unusual or strange behavior during a total solar eclipse.
Scientists will be paying close attention to the daily lives of animals at the Fort Worth Zoo on April 8 to see if the eclipse changes their behavior.
In a previous study on animal behavior conducted at a South Carolina zoo in 2017, researchers found Galapagos giant tortoises mating during the peak of the solar eclipse, male giraffes sprinting in apparent fear, and a male giraffe running around young. We observed flocks of flamingos and other animals beginning their early dusk habits.
Researchers also say some animals seek shelter during a solar eclipse to mimic a fast-moving storm.
A total solar eclipse is a rare phenomenon that occurs in the same location every 375 years. Each total solar eclipse occurs in a different place and at a different time, so researchers can collect data to determine whether the animals' behavior is due to the eclipse, being observed, or simply because of the eclipse. It becomes more difficult to determine what is the reason for this. It was a coincidence.
The people we are most likely to see acting strange are our pets. This is not specifically the eclipse's fault, but ours. Rafaela Resch, an animal researcher at the University of Arkansas, told The Associated Press that pets pay a lot of attention to us, and if we act like we're excited, they'll be excited too.
