Reports of unusual animal behaviors during a total solar eclipse date back centuries, according to NASA, but the agency says the effects are not fully understood.
A study published in the American Journal of PrimatologyTHE ANSWER, reports of atypical animal behaviors during total solar eclipses date back hundreds of years, but the space agency says “the effects of an eclipse on animal life are not fully understood.”occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, completely blocking the face of the sun. People located in the– areas where the sun’s light is completely covered by the moon – will experience a total eclipse that will last between 3.
Nearly 100 years ago, American entomologist William M. Wheeler and a team of collaborators at the Boston Society of Natural History conducted aNASA says the study included 498 personal observations from game wardens, naturalists and members of the general public. Several study participantsthat near totality, they heard crickets chirping and frogs croaking.
Total solar eclipses can also affect marine animals, like fish and other organisms. Studies in the 1960s and 1970s found that small, light-sensitiveto safety on the reef during eclipses, all behavior typically seen at twilight, Oceana, a nonprofit ocean conservation organization, said in athat he saw dozens of whales and dolphins swim to the ocean’s surface about five minutes before an eclipse began while he was boating near the Galapagos Islands.
“Animals who have more experience with the outdoors may experience a level of confusion. Dogs, for example, might be a little impatient and walk around and try to figure out if they should trust their internal clock or what they are perceiving outside,” Lesch added.
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