Strange Ways Animals Have Reacted To Solar Eclipses

It's hard to capture animals being weird during eclipses. Probably the best way to do so is hit the zoo during one, since their entire gimmick is "lots of animals." During the historic August 2017 solar eclipse, the Memphis Zoo held a solar eclipse watch party. Patrons donned funny glasses, watched the eclipse, and observed

It's hard to capture animals being weird during eclipses. Probably the best way to do so is hit the zoo during one, since their entire gimmick is "lots of animals."

During the historic August 2017 solar eclipse, the Memphis Zoo held a solar eclipse watch party. Patrons donned funny glasses, watched the eclipse, and observed how the animals reacted. Good, clean fun. The results were great. One elephant, named Asali, apparently got hyper-alert when she was alone during the eclipse. After a few seconds, she found her herd and calmed down. This was different behavior, according to the zoo, than how the elephants reacted to the last eclipse, when a bunch started trumpeting, perhaps thinking it was their cue to play the Seven Trumpets of the apocalypse.

Hippos were seen acting like it was bedtime. They'd leave the water, start playing in the sand, and likely would've drifted off to the Land of Nod had the Sun not returned. Once it did, they went back to their normal hippo routine. Bears and crocodiles, on the other hand, started running around all confused, since their internal clocks were pretty sure it wasn't bedtime yet. They, too, calmed down once the eclipse ended. The humans observing them, on the other hand, probably went into a crowded migration pattern known as a traffic jam, which is usually the exact opposite of calming.

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