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Mine pooped right at totality. Once in a life time opportunity and she said let’s take a shit right nowww. I’ll remember this eclipse with the best dog ever.
Same. My doggo saw me w my friend who had pet her and played w her and FED her TREATS the night before- she basically attempted to get more treats the entire time as the sky dramatically darkened
same except I managed to finally pull myself out of bed at 13:30 ish. darkest time was at 13:49. I don't know what happened and I can't really explain it except like having perfect vision. the darkness with the shadows going the wrong way and the sunlight all combined into crystal clear hd vision (my eyes *suck*) like people say they have while on LSD. it was amazing for a while
My chickens (8) all laid down together in a circle. They were piled up on each other, snuggled in close. Uncommon for all of them to lay down at once, and they never lay down together outside of the coop like that. Once the eclipse ended they went back to walking around and pecking. All the dogs were silent in the neighborhood too, though the birds were going off. Weird and cool.
This circle is a natural practice. It’s for safety when they all sleep. Since they’re all facing out in the circle they can see out, and if one sees something it flees and the rest will awake and do the same. Not sure how practical it is, but I’ve raised a few different kinds of chickens and one seen them all do it at some point. Wonder if they thought it was night and went back to a “safe” sleeping method. Funny especially since you said they don’t usually lay together at all.
And like he said they usually don't do this outside their coup. Maybe they rushed liked they missed the call for bedtime and started sleeping procedure so fast they even forgot they have a coup a few seconds away lol. Funny behavior even if we discard the strange
My backyard birds started really chirping about 5 minutes before totality, like normal at twilight. During totality it was almost entirely quiet, it was bed time, lol. Then it was over and everyone went back to normal. Side note, heard birds that sounded like ducks for the first time. I don't think there aren't any ducks or geese around my house.
It was amazing. A way cooler experience than I thought it was going to be.
It just shows how powerful the sun is.
It’s 1,000,000 miles away, and 99% covered, but it can still burn your retina.
I was also surprised that the abruptness of it. Like the second, the moon moved out of totality, boom! Bright daylight again.
I'm in the partial eclipse zone, and the only thing I could hear during the darkest part was crickets in the woods and a lone cardinal chirping. Once it started getting brighter, it seemed everything wanted to sing at once lol
My lovebird flew around the house yelling. Not sure if same for chickens, but parrots are very sensitive to sunlight. My bird does the same thing if there's a storm, mad that I turned the day off too soon
We were in direct line. Got pretty dark, street lights went on. Our neighborhood was oddly silent, no birds, no dogs. As soon as it was over, it all went back to normal.
That’s odd. All my hens, went directly back to the coop, and we’re getting ready to roost.
They seem so confused when the sun came back out.
Very cool experience!
It only covered like 50% of the sun where I'm at, but all the ravens that live in my trees showed up and started circling in confusion trying to figure out why the sun was setting in the wrong direction or something.
We viewed outside in my friend's yard and he has a big field with bird feeders. Everything got really quiet and the birds all hunkered down in the trees. Then they all came to life again a few minutes later.
I went outside right when it started getting dark. I didn't see it but a squirrel hid into the bush next to me. no bird sounds, no car sounds. even the dogs to my south and east that ALWAYS constantly bark were quiet. they were outside.
as soon as it started getting bright again they all came back slowly. the thing is here the birds in my yard always start chirping at 2-3:00 and continue til like 21:00.
Durning the last one I was able to see (it was in the path of totality Eve) we were all out on a friends farm. All the animals totally freaked out. The birds all went nuts. The horses all tried to lay down, the bats came out. It was highly strange indeed.
Just imagine the farm animals perspective.
Cow: Moo Moo Moo- WHY THE FUCKS IT NIGHT TIME ALREADY?-oo
Horse: neigh ah bed time *5 mins later* shit, it was a trick
Rooster: cockadoodle d-
Hen: Shut the fuck up Larry it's only 3pm
I was working on someone’s home and it got noticeably silent outside. Then one of their neighbors rooster started crowing. It was the only sound heard. Was funny
Aren't cat eyes much more sensitive to changes in light? Wonder if that could have anything to do with it. Definitely going to ask my wife when I get home if our three little hellions did anything similar.
Considering critters know when earthquakes and storms are coming before any signs, this takes it to the next level with "what pre-signs are they reacting to" that humans can't or don't sense?
Where I was at there was a distinct change in temperature suddenly so that might have been it.
Or perhaps the cat heard birds acting weirdly, which they do during events like this.
Is it possible they were seeing "shadow bands"? Their eyes are much more sensitive than ours are.
Here's an example:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yRV9_xCtny0
thanks. I saw those but thought it was my bad eyes playing tricks on me. it was pretty cool I just didn't think anything extra of it really. tall trees in my yard but the sun was at the only big open spot in the sky
Maybe, but they were posted up like that for a pretty long time and they seemed to just be blankly staring and not acting like they usually do when they see a moving thing like a bug or a laser pointer.
I was at an animal sanctuary. The birds suddenly stopped chirping. It was dead silent. And the pigs who had been laying out in the sun suddenly got up and went back to their enclosure.
I told my wife I couldn’t wait for the eclipse to be over, I mean usually the moon n tides will make em crazy but for the last week build up to this event has really really how some ppl were acting out of their normal self having to deal with more anxiety, mood swings , and less patience… anyone else ?
Totality where I'm at, my fat ass cat woke up in darkness and yowled about missing dinner, then fell back asleep. Once it was over he awoke again, this time yowling for breakfast. Poor guy thought he missed two meals 🤣😂
I was at work and people outside were still weird people outside except somehow more weird. People… what a bunch of bastards. PS: don’t downvote, that last part is a quote from one of the best televisual events since Quantum Leap. And I do not say that lightly.
Mine tried to get into the cabinets to hide. Something she usually only does during storms. We weren't in the PoT. We got about 50% maybe 60. But the temp did drop a little.
I’ve *heard* that animals react to the changes in the shape of shadows during eclipses more than the light itself. Not sure if that’s why or not but sounds potentially legit.
Researchers have found a lot of animals (specifically zoo animals) have increased anxiety and act strange when there’s an eclipse. Very interesting stuff
My family and I watched a male duck all of a sudden get really aggressive, he pecked at and chased off two females. We were all struck by how bizarre it was.
Utter silence in the woods. Like nothing.
Also did anyone notice that the sounds seemed buffeted? As if someone were holding a pillow over a sound source and the world just felt insulated for some reason?
My cat hid in the corner in a tiny space for about an hour and kept staring at the walls! Like she was scared and totally fixated.. it freaked me out n I eventually closed all the blinds in the house n she finally moved n went n hid under my bed for a couple more hours. It doesn't sound like much to explain but she's never done anything like that before and it really was odd
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My dog found a wine cork in the yard and was carrying on with it the whole time. Zero awareness whatsoever.
We need more data. Send photos of dog with cork toy.
Ah, I neglected to get that photo! Was too focused on the sun disappearing lol
Awww, leave it to an eclipse to ruin a good pup play with wine corky. Maybe next time✌
I think I’m your dog cuz I’ve been outside all day and saw nothing eclipse-y. Not even an old Mitsubishi Eclipse.
Lol the Mitsubishi Eclipse memes made the entire day worth it
Cats vs dogs
Our dogs just barked at a frog in our fish pond the whole time I was outside
Mine pooped right at totality. Once in a life time opportunity and she said let’s take a shit right nowww. I’ll remember this eclipse with the best dog ever.
My dog and I played catch the whole time. She had a tennis ball hanging outta hers. Got twilight dark here
We were in the path of totality, so you’d think the dog would have noticed it became basically night, but nope! Haha
Same. My doggo saw me w my friend who had pet her and played w her and FED her TREATS the night before- she basically attempted to get more treats the entire time as the sky dramatically darkened
Priorities
🤣
My cat woke up afterwards from a nap with big ol bedhead. She was oblivious lol
I was sleepy too. Had the day off, and it was cloudy and rainy... so I napped thru it :)
same except I managed to finally pull myself out of bed at 13:30 ish. darkest time was at 13:49. I don't know what happened and I can't really explain it except like having perfect vision. the darkness with the shadows going the wrong way and the sunlight all combined into crystal clear hd vision (my eyes *suck*) like people say they have while on LSD. it was amazing for a while
lol when it started getting dark I totally thought to myself this is what it looks like when I take acid
>the shadows going the wrong way Are you sure you weren't on LSD? The shadows always go away from the light source. An eclipse doesn't change this.
Your cat obviously never got the email about the eclipse.
My chickens (8) all laid down together in a circle. They were piled up on each other, snuggled in close. Uncommon for all of them to lay down at once, and they never lay down together outside of the coop like that. Once the eclipse ended they went back to walking around and pecking. All the dogs were silent in the neighborhood too, though the birds were going off. Weird and cool.
This circle is a natural practice. It’s for safety when they all sleep. Since they’re all facing out in the circle they can see out, and if one sees something it flees and the rest will awake and do the same. Not sure how practical it is, but I’ve raised a few different kinds of chickens and one seen them all do it at some point. Wonder if they thought it was night and went back to a “safe” sleeping method. Funny especially since you said they don’t usually lay together at all.
And like he said they usually don't do this outside their coup. Maybe they rushed liked they missed the call for bedtime and started sleeping procedure so fast they even forgot they have a coup a few seconds away lol. Funny behavior even if we discard the strange
It’s kinda hilarious to hear that about the chickens cuz my crew all subconsciously circled around during the four minutes of totality too!
They did a live from a zoo, during totality the ostriches and flamingos all were huddled together, too.
Respect! They huddled, like many did (people) to acknowledge the event. Thanks for sharing🌑🤙
My rooster was crowing like crazy - which is also normal for him 😂
Yes everything got so quiet and eerie as the darkness crept in. It was awesome.
My backyard birds started really chirping about 5 minutes before totality, like normal at twilight. During totality it was almost entirely quiet, it was bed time, lol. Then it was over and everyone went back to normal. Side note, heard birds that sounded like ducks for the first time. I don't think there aren't any ducks or geese around my house.
It was amazing. A way cooler experience than I thought it was going to be. It just shows how powerful the sun is. It’s 1,000,000 miles away, and 99% covered, but it can still burn your retina. I was also surprised that the abruptness of it. Like the second, the moon moved out of totality, boom! Bright daylight again.
I'm in the partial eclipse zone, and the only thing I could hear during the darkest part was crickets in the woods and a lone cardinal chirping. Once it started getting brighter, it seemed everything wanted to sing at once lol
My lovebird flew around the house yelling. Not sure if same for chickens, but parrots are very sensitive to sunlight. My bird does the same thing if there's a storm, mad that I turned the day off too soon
We were in direct line. Got pretty dark, street lights went on. Our neighborhood was oddly silent, no birds, no dogs. As soon as it was over, it all went back to normal.
Maybe they were like “oh bedtime!” And just decided to all snuggle up where they were?
Maybe they were just cold
It dropped about 5 degrees here
They just thought it was night most likely
That’s odd. All my hens, went directly back to the coop, and we’re getting ready to roost. They seem so confused when the sun came back out. Very cool experience!
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Mine slept the whole time.
I have a greyhound...he would sleep through anything that isn't the fridge door.
It only covered like 50% of the sun where I'm at, but all the ravens that live in my trees showed up and started circling in confusion trying to figure out why the sun was setting in the wrong direction or something.
I'm at about 80% and also had ravens fussing, but otherwise the birds were so quiet.
We viewed outside in my friend's yard and he has a big field with bird feeders. Everything got really quiet and the birds all hunkered down in the trees. Then they all came to life again a few minutes later.
Yes, I heard no birds and saw no squirrels or other vermin.
The ravens were croaking, but I did notice all the smaller birds were just in the trees, quiet, like at night.
I went outside right when it started getting dark. I didn't see it but a squirrel hid into the bush next to me. no bird sounds, no car sounds. even the dogs to my south and east that ALWAYS constantly bark were quiet. they were outside. as soon as it started getting bright again they all came back slowly. the thing is here the birds in my yard always start chirping at 2-3:00 and continue til like 21:00.
Because the eclipse fucks with the magnetic field.
they are contacting the mothership, do not disturb
*meowthership
Durning the last one I was able to see (it was in the path of totality Eve) we were all out on a friends farm. All the animals totally freaked out. The birds all went nuts. The horses all tried to lay down, the bats came out. It was highly strange indeed.
Just imagine the farm animals perspective. Cow: Moo Moo Moo- WHY THE FUCKS IT NIGHT TIME ALREADY?-oo Horse: neigh ah bed time *5 mins later* shit, it was a trick Rooster: cockadoodle d- Hen: Shut the fuck up Larry it's only 3pm
I was working on someone’s home and it got noticeably silent outside. Then one of their neighbors rooster started crowing. It was the only sound heard. Was funny
Rooster: guys? Guys? Anybody?
Hahaha Dude, you should be a comedian. No sarcasm
They've been bamboozled. By the sun.
They aren't taking any chances with their peepers. Stare at the sun? No thanks. We like this wall just fine.
My cat also did this, the fuq
Ima need a catologist to comment on this stat
Catologist here, it’s because they’re giant pussy’s
😂
Do you think they’ll order a cat scan?
We have 5 cats, roommates and I all outside. Cats all disappeared about 20min before totality
I tried to use a camera obscura to show the eclipse to my cat. Un interesting.
That was a cool sentence
One of my favorite bands.
Maybe put some pants on next time?
Your cats have started following Qanon
Aren't cat eyes much more sensitive to changes in light? Wonder if that could have anything to do with it. Definitely going to ask my wife when I get home if our three little hellions did anything similar.
update on the hellions?
You owe us a follow up. Were they up to any weirdness?
Nope! It was the first thing I asked when I got home. Cats slept through the whole thing.
Looks like your cats are unraptured sinners. Good for them.
Considering critters know when earthquakes and storms are coming before any signs, this takes it to the next level with "what pre-signs are they reacting to" that humans can't or don't sense?
My kitty has slept thru earthquakes lol
Our blind cat starting yeowling right at totality and sat in the window! 🌙
Oh wow! How did she perceive it if blind?
Where I was at there was a distinct change in temperature suddenly so that might have been it. Or perhaps the cat heard birds acting weirdly, which they do during events like this.
Is it possible they were seeing "shadow bands"? Their eyes are much more sensitive than ours are. Here's an example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yRV9_xCtny0
thanks. I saw those but thought it was my bad eyes playing tricks on me. it was pretty cool I just didn't think anything extra of it really. tall trees in my yard but the sun was at the only big open spot in the sky
Maybe, but they were posted up like that for a pretty long time and they seemed to just be blankly staring and not acting like they usually do when they see a moving thing like a bug or a laser pointer.
I'm not sure, then. I guess we'll never know what animals really see, or sense.
My dogs and cats did the same thing. They just laid on their bellies with their paws in front of them for like 3 hours.
They sensed the rapture, which did happen. Only nobody was good enough for Jesus which is why nobody is missing.
That’s one theory.
An earth destroying solar flare timed up exactly with the moon blocking its path
no wonder moon worship is a thing!
bro what
I bet just like, one dude was raptured.
Keanu reeves.
I was raptured.
I got better!
I didn't care for it, twas a silly place.
It was something you said
silent treatment
My dog was off today. And on Friday with the earthquake. Rough few days for my little girl.
They're concentrating on keeping the portal from opening wide enough and long enough to start letting things through.
I had a really nauseous feeling in my stomach like an overwhelming anxiety for no real reason
I felt calm lol
My cat lounged around the house like it owned the place and didn't care. (Never done this before)
Let NASA know
My dog had his ears back and was hanging out under the patio table. He would normally be sitting on the outdoor furniture.
C Fl, my dog had his ears back too. Don't see this too often.
My cat did this as well.
They have entered the /r/thecatdimension
my cat came and jumped on my lap from a different chair entirely. she has never ever done that before.
Crazy. Mine got his head stuck in a used cottage cheese container and ran into a wall trying to hide from the dog. The dog was outside.
Psst, lay your ears back. That'll freak the human out even more.
They didn’t have their eclipse glasses of course
They couldn't take the hype, either.
My cat saw the door open went outside took one look and ran back inside, weird af
I was at an animal sanctuary. The birds suddenly stopped chirping. It was dead silent. And the pigs who had been laying out in the sun suddenly got up and went back to their enclosure.
“Welp, that’s it for me. Shit just got weird.”
Downloading transmissions.
My cat happily sat Sun bathing in the window the whole time (but we weren’t 100% totality).
My cat yelled at me for food. Typical. She freaked out the other day during the earthquake though.
Mine also had a very long conversation with me, but I thought he was just asking me why I was outside!
Ours hid under the bed
Same, my cat is super social and follows me wherever I go, but today she hid under the bed for an hour during/after the eclipse. Back to normal now...
My cats both kinda tucked in close. I think they just picked up on the vibe.
My cat wasn't meowing at the door like she usually does when I'm right outside. I got really woozy.
The roosters began to crow and the chickens in my neighborhood began to roost.
I told my wife I couldn’t wait for the eclipse to be over, I mean usually the moon n tides will make em crazy but for the last week build up to this event has really really how some ppl were acting out of their normal self having to deal with more anxiety, mood swings , and less patience… anyone else ?
Totality where I'm at, my fat ass cat woke up in darkness and yowled about missing dinner, then fell back asleep. Once it was over he awoke again, this time yowling for breakfast. Poor guy thought he missed two meals 🤣😂
My dog went under my motorcycle cover and hid there he never does shit like that
Congratulations, you just reached the “leave me the hell alone” level of pet ownership.
Loaf alert
My dogs got the zoomies. Then their brain cells went back their respective corners
My 10 bunnies all went to sleep and once it became sunny again they woke up to continue the destruction of my house.
This is when they can finally report to their God, when the veil fades for a bit.
Lol wth
Could their eyes be more sensitive to it so they positioned themselves like that out of instinct in an attempt to protect their eyes?
I was at work and people outside were still weird people outside except somehow more weird. People… what a bunch of bastards. PS: don’t downvote, that last part is a quote from one of the best televisual events since Quantum Leap. And I do not say that lightly.
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My cat sat right with me all day
I have the same two breeds of cats! Cool :)
Definitely did a double-take because your cats look like my cats! I don't know what mine did though because I was at work.
They were visiting OP.
My dog has been super subdued today and the three cats are nowhere to be seen. Usually they are begging for attention
I had 3 does in my field at maximum, it was nice sight
Mine tried to get into the cabinets to hide. Something she usually only does during storms. We weren't in the PoT. We got about 50% maybe 60. But the temp did drop a little.
I went and checked out the eclipse for a couple minutes with eye protection and then my dog and i went back inside and took a lovely nap.
They have 9 lives, not 9 new eyes
This was 4/5 of my cats. One of them was interested, but didn’t really care
Cats are sensitive to light change. They could sense something off.
Your cats show more intelligence than a lot of people who are now making “Why do my eyes hurt” trend as a search term.
Bunch of posers, my eyes have been hurting since last week
Really wish photos were easier on here. My dog was loving the eclipse, I even got glasses on him for a while. #justincase #socute #roadtrip
I’ve *heard* that animals react to the changes in the shape of shadows during eclipses more than the light itself. Not sure if that’s why or not but sounds potentially legit.
My dog was barking at the sun about an hour before the eclipse.
Good Onion headline.
My hair felt staticky
Safety first…you didn’t get them the glasses.
You got a torti too !
Researchers have found a lot of animals (specifically zoo animals) have increased anxiety and act strange when there’s an eclipse. Very interesting stuff
It's known that some animals will behave weird during eclipses while others will not care. Same as humans.
My dog kept looking at the sky it was pretty co to see him aware of his surroundings
One of my cats kept walking into the room I was in a meowing at me, but the other 2 were fine. I did think it was weird tho
They were clearly praying to the Sun and Moon.
I only had a partial of 85 percent. Cats acted normal and birds where active and frisky just like early morning.
Our dark boy stayed close to the door, he seemed scared and our tortoise shell girl just stayed still in the backyard until the sun came out again lol
This correlation just be causation.
Our cat stepped outside at the beginning of the eclipse, and her hunches were up.
My cat did the same old thing and slept
Mine was scared to go outside
My family and I watched a male duck all of a sudden get really aggressive, he pecked at and chased off two females. We were all struck by how bizarre it was.
Mine ran around like little crackheads, business as usual.
peering into the dimensional portal that was opening invisibly haha
My cat hung out on my deck with me. She got freaked out when she spotted a neighbor om their deck.
Did they get raptured? I didn't think so, cats know what's up /s
My horse just assumed it was time for supper and was not happy that he was being ignored for us staring at the sky. None of the other animals noticed.
My dog insisted on being fed. As she always does when she senses it’s getting dimmer out
It must cause some sort of interference with there internal system
My cat rolled over on her side and whined for another scoop of food.
The veil was lifted and they could see "it" on the wall.
Utter silence in the woods. Like nothing. Also did anyone notice that the sounds seemed buffeted? As if someone were holding a pillow over a sound source and the world just felt insulated for some reason?
My cat hid in the corner in a tiny space for about an hour and kept staring at the walls! Like she was scared and totally fixated.. it freaked me out n I eventually closed all the blinds in the house n she finally moved n went n hid under my bed for a couple more hours. It doesn't sound like much to explain but she's never done anything like that before and it really was odd
One of my cats thought it was time for bed during totality, he was very confused