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Report: Animals at Dallas Zoo Screech,
Run for Cover During Solar Eclipse

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Posted By: ladydawgfan, 4/8/2024 10:39:35 PM

Animals at a Dallas zoo reportedly went berserk on Monday due to the total solar eclipse, with some running for cover while shrieking as the sky went dark. “At the Dallas Zoo, giraffes, zebras and ostriches shrieked, squawked and ran for cover as the clouds grew darker,” the Daily Mail reported. [Tweet, video] “We never know how our animals are going to react because they are wild,” said Ann Knutson, a zoological manager of birds at the Dallas Zoo, told the Dallas Morning News. As the sky went dark, gorillas and giraffes were seen running to their indoor habitats while birds headed to their evening nests and suddenly “grew quiet.”

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Quigley 4/8/2024 10:48:51 PM (No. 1695575)
I heard the Big Bidet family were very restless. The Dims will no longer be able to fund raise on their claim that Trump was sending a dragon to eat the sun.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: WV.Hillbilly 4/8/2024 11:05:34 PM (No. 1695584)
Right. Because it never gets dark every single day in Dallas.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: ms1234 4/8/2024 11:06:20 PM (No. 1695585)
I read the headline and wondered if these "animals" at the zoo happen to have two legs and no documentation as to being here legally.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: chumley 4/8/2024 11:11:08 PM (No. 1695591)
For us it was bees. For some reason a swarm took cover on my porch till the eclipse passed. Anyone says there is a bee shortage wasn't at my house today.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 4/8/2024 11:14:02 PM (No. 1695594)
In the 2017 total eclipse in Wyoming, there were three horses in a field near us. They had come up to the fence not 15 ft from us earlier, but were grazing about 50-100 yds away at the time of totality. They did ......NOTHING different, continued to graze, absolutely unfazed. Today, we had about 90% eclipse here near KC. The light was very odd, not bright enough for a sunny day, but sharp, clear shadows....odd, for sure. The birds were tweeting normally, and didn't change. As we went out for dinner a few hours later, I noticed that they sounded just the same in the evening light. I've heard this story, but my two experiences don't agree with it at all.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Proud Texan 4/8/2024 11:21:14 PM (No. 1695601)
Buzzards soared overhead. Cattle grazed. Only changes were that wind stood still and it cooled off very nicely while the eclipse was full. Was really looking forward to seeing animals acting strange - no luck.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: wilarrbie 4/8/2024 11:22:56 PM (No. 1695605)
JUST the Dallas zoo?
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 4/9/2024 12:04:28 AM (No. 1695607)
Our eclipse in western Colorado was only 60 percent or so. Got out the solar sunglasses and binocs to enjoy a few minutes of it. Birds never batted an eye. Just another beautiful sunny day. Not sure going to the zoo in DFW to observe animal behavior would have been my first thought.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 4/9/2024 2:26:09 AM (No. 1695659)
At least there's no mention of any of them crying.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mifla 4/9/2024 3:07:19 AM (No. 1695665)
The cast of The View reacted much in the same way.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Strike3 4/9/2024 4:29:04 AM (No. 1695700)
Are they sure it was the animals? It was dark after all.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: philsner 4/9/2024 7:39:40 AM (No. 1695756)
What a crock.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: homefry 4/9/2024 7:58:54 AM (No. 1695769)
Was that yesterday? I missed it!!
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Reply 14 - Posted by: udanja99 4/9/2024 8:36:33 AM (No. 1695797)
Let my greyhounds out during the slight darkening here in SC and they pooped, peed and came back inside. No reaction at all.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: red1066 4/9/2024 9:22:08 AM (No. 1695822)
#4. I read an article the other day from a national survey that stated there is no bee shortage. The number of Honeybees is just fine.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: JoElla Bee 4/9/2024 9:37:00 AM (No. 1695830)
#10, thanks for the much appreciated & unexpected burst of laughter this morning.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: downnout 4/9/2024 8:33:21 PM (No. 1696206)
They looked quite calm. Somebody is trying to make a big deal out of nothing.
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