A local zoo will be studying the behavior of various animals during the upcoming solar eclipse. The study will focus on 12 different species, including Red Pandas, snow leopards, zebras, and ostriches. The zoo's community of Japanese Macaque monkeys will also be observed for their social interaction during the eclipse.
“They’re slower-moving animals, that’s for sure,” Paquette says. “They’re also nocturnal, so we do expect them to spend a lot of time sleeping.”
Click to share quote on Twitter: "So it will be interesting to look at their social interaction during the eclipse." “It will get very dark, like 30 to 45 minutes after sunset,” he says. “Temperatures will drop. The wind will pick up. So all these phenomenon will influence the behaviour of the animals.”The teams have already been studying the animals. They’ve spent three hours on two days watching their normal behaviour. They’ll also do the same two days after the eclipse. That will give them a baseline to determine if the reaction during the eclipse is different from how they would usually act.
Zoo Animals Solar Eclipse Study Behavior Red Pandas Snow Leopards Zebras Ostriches Japanese Macaque Monkeys
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