A few days before one of the most amazing astronomical spectacles, one of the concerns of animal lovers is knowing what impact the Solar eclipse of the April 8 of 2024 in some species. Since it has been proven that this natural phenomenon can have a certain effect in the animals and floors.
According to researchers, it has been proven that the phenomenon of the moon covering the sun may have a certain effect in the animals and floors. Since according to an article, at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, during the Solar eclipse In 1984, a group of chimpanzees experienced certain behavioral changes.
During the two days prior to this natural phenomenon, the researchers collected data on their behavior between 11:00 and 1:00 p.m. Likewise, on the day of Eclipse At 12:14 p.m., when the sky began to darken and the temperature dropped, the solitary females and females with young climbed to the top of a structure, while the Eclipsethe males joined them and oriented their bodies towards the sun and the moon.
Once he Eclipse concluded, the animals returned to their usual behavior and these behaviors were not repeated. Also in 2020, a group of researchers pointed out certain behavioral changes in animals before a Eclipse.
“A novel insight into the observed responses of a diverse sample of vertebrates during a unique meteorological stimulus.”
For this they chose 17 species of animals who lived at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, United States, during the Solar eclipse on August 21, 2017, in which the region was completely darkened, showing that 76% changed their usual routines, except for brown bears, seals and sea lions.
The effects of the Solar Eclipse on animals and plants
According to experts, most animals may have experienced slight changes in their routine by confusing day with night, which led them to engage in nocturnal activities, especially during the entirety of the day. Solar eclipse. For example, the giraffes, elephants, gorillas, rainbow parrots and coconut trees, which took shelter and interpreted the darkness as the time to go to sleep.
“This was the only case during the observations in which the flock behaved synchronously. When totality ended, the flock fell silent and many began to groom themselves,”
He Solar eclipse has also shown to have certain effect about the floorsaccording to research by Dr. Daniel P. Beverly, found that a type of desert shrub called sagebrush was affected by leaf gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence during the presence of Solar eclipse.
Although there are no precise results on the effect of the Solar eclipse in animals domestic animals, pets may also show certain changes in their behavior during the Solar eclipse of the 8 of Aprilso their owners must remain vigilant and provide them with protection to contain any concerns.