Quebec's Granby Zoo studied animal behavior during a solar eclipse, with macaques turning away and cranes quieting, while bears slept.

Quebec zoo Granby Zoo studied animal behavior during last week's total solar eclipse, with Japanese macaques turning their backs to the sun and red-crowned cranes becoming unusually quiet. However, Himalayan black bears slept through the event. The zoo's research and conservation department collaborated with an astrophysics professor from Université du Québec à Montréal to collect data on how the animals reacted during the rare phenomenon.

April 14, 2024
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