Thousands of people flocked to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to watch the solar eclipse, but eyes were not only on the sky.
The Columbus Zoo collaborated with the Ohio State University for a study to see how zoo animals would respond during the dusk-like conditions in the afternoon.The Columbus Zoo collaborated with the Ohio State University for a first-ever study to see how zoo animals would respond during the dusk-like conditions in the afternoon.
“So the ostrich observations, what they saw was they went into the barn like it was nighttime, like it was time to go to bed. So they kind of walked into the barn, started grooming and preening each other. And then when the sun came back out, they came back out of the barn, so something we expected from the ostrich, that they would think they would be ready for bed time,” said Adam Felts, director of animal wellbeing at the zoo.
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