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During a total solar eclipse, the sky darkens to twilight
levels and air temperatures drop. Over the centuries,
people who have witnessed these effects have also
noted that a variety of animals seem to change their
[5] behaviors ∈ response.
Reports of unusual animal reactions to solar eclipses
date back centuries. One of the earliest stories comes
from Italian monk Ristoro d'Arezzo, who described what
happened during a total eclipse on June 3, 1239. As
[10] the sun disappeared and the sky turned dark, “all the
animals and birds were terrified; and the wild beasts
could easily be caught,” he wrote.
During an eclipse seen ∈Portugal on August 21,
1560, astronomer Christoph Clavius wrote that during
[15] totality, “stars appeared ∈ the sky and the birds fell
down from the sky to the ground ∈ terror of such horrid
darkness.”
While it’s hard to confirm such colorful anecdotes
from history, modern astronomers and eclipse chasers
[20] have also reported wild and domestic animals noticeably
reacting to eclipses: Dairy cows return to the barn,
crickets begin chirping, birds either go to roost or
become more active, and whales breach ∈ the seas.
Eclipse-chaser and author Dave Balch was ∈Kona,
[25] Hawaii, for the 1991 total eclipse and noticed excited
activity among the birds along the pier during the ∂
phases before and after totality. “We could hardly hear
each other talk! Then came totality – not a sound. It was
deathly quiet. The difference between the noise levels
[30] before and during totality was stunning.”
DURING a total... Disponível em: https://news.nationalgeog raphic.com/2017/08/animals-react-total-solar-eclipse-augustspace-science/. Acesso em: 11 jan. 2018. Adaptado.
Considering some old reports of animal reactions to solar eclipses by Ristoro d’Arezzo and Christoph Clavius, the text says that
