During the Great Solar Eclipse of 2017, researchers observed cows bedding down in the daytime, dogs going eerily silent and tortoises getting frisky while studying animal behavior at South Carolina’s Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, CNN reported.
“The eclipse was amazing and most of the animals did amazing things,” exclaimed lead study author Dr. Adam Hartstone-Rose of the North Carolina State University in Raleigh describing the phenomenon.
The researcher plans to conduct a followup study on zoo animal behavior on Monday, when the moon shrouds the sun, plunging large swathes of the US into darkness yet again.
