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Scientists seek to understand why animals act strange during a solar eclipse and are asking the public to document their behavior
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<blockquote data-quote="Michie" data-source="post: 77626572" data-attributes="member: 628"><p>We’ve been lucky enough over the past several years to see at least one solar eclipse here in the United States.</p><p></p><p>With another one – this time a total eclipse for people from Texas all the way to Maine – occuring on April 8, 2024, it’s a good time to talk about all of the strange phenomenons that occur along with it.</p><p></p><p>Like, for instance, the way <a href="https://www.iflscience.com/why-do-animals-act-strangely-during-a-solar-eclipse-73346" target="_blank">animals immediately change</a> their behavior in the lack of sunlight midday.</p><p></p><p>When the eclipse happened in 2017, scientists were able to make some firsthand and interesting observations.</p><p></p><p>For example, they saw bees taking a break from their daily routines in three states. Namely, they stopped buzzing at the time of totality. Since bees usually fly more slowly at night, this suggests that they rely on environmental cues like light to know when it’s time to return to the hive.</p><p></p><p>At the Riverbanks Zoo in South Carolina, scientists <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7222787/" target="_blank">observed</a> 17 different species behaving oddly. The gorillas and the elephants, for example, all started heading toward their nighttime enclosure.</p><p></p><p>Continued below.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://twistedsifter.com/2024/03/scientists-seek-to-understand-why-animals-act-strange-during-a-solar-eclipse-and-are-asking-the-public-to-document-their-behavior/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michie, post: 77626572, member: 628"] We’ve been lucky enough over the past several years to see at least one solar eclipse here in the United States. With another one – this time a total eclipse for people from Texas all the way to Maine – occuring on April 8, 2024, it’s a good time to talk about all of the strange phenomenons that occur along with it. Like, for instance, the way [URL='https://www.iflscience.com/why-do-animals-act-strangely-during-a-solar-eclipse-73346']animals immediately change[/URL] their behavior in the lack of sunlight midday. When the eclipse happened in 2017, scientists were able to make some firsthand and interesting observations. For example, they saw bees taking a break from their daily routines in three states. Namely, they stopped buzzing at the time of totality. Since bees usually fly more slowly at night, this suggests that they rely on environmental cues like light to know when it’s time to return to the hive. At the Riverbanks Zoo in South Carolina, scientists [URL='https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7222787/']observed[/URL] 17 different species behaving oddly. The gorillas and the elephants, for example, all started heading toward their nighttime enclosure. Continued below. [URL unfurl="true"]https://twistedsifter.com/2024/03/scientists-seek-to-understand-why-animals-act-strange-during-a-solar-eclipse-and-are-asking-the-public-to-document-their-behavior/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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