Source: www.hindu.com
NEW DELHI, INDIA, July 23, 2009: Changes in behavior in animals and birds were recorded by experts at the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh during the total solar eclipse Wednesday morning.
“It is for the first time in this country that we studied animal behavior during a solar eclipse. And much to our amazement, many animals behaved unusually — some got very dull while some were hyper-active as the sky darkened Wednesday morning,” S.S. Rajput, director of the Van Vihar National Park, told IANS.
“Herbivorous animals, who generally graze separately during the day, suddenly came together in a herd and stood stationary during the eclipse. Even the birds that were chirping since dawn suddenly quietened between 6.20 and 6.30 a.m.,” Rajput observed.