How do eclipses impact animal behavior, and what observations have been made about changes in wildlife activity during these rare events?

Question

Is there any scientific evidence regarding this?

In: Biology

Answer 1

In general it is very hard to have conclusive scientific evidence or data for animal behavior during eclipses as eclipses occur on such a limited area of land and are very brief. There have been conflicting observations for certain animals and it’s not as if you can keep testing it over and over until you get conclusive data to make sure it’s caused by the eclipse or if it was a one off.

The only thing that could be said with some degree of certainty is nocturnal animals start to become active (such as crickets chirping) and diurnal animals stopping activity, such as birds stopping their songs. These are predictable and expected for the most part as this also happens at night.