The super weird thing tortoises do during an eclipse

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  • @xenotra3387
    @xenotra3387 3 месяца назад +18820

    Tortoises during the eclipse: "Well, the world is ending. Might as well hit up ol Lydia for one last bang before we go."

    • @GreenPoint_one
      @GreenPoint_one 3 месяца назад +369

      Tutels are humans are turtles are hooman

    • @riki_XD
      @riki_XD 3 месяца назад +75

      Bruh 😂

    • @segllpp9127
      @segllpp9127 3 месяца назад +43

      😂😂😂😂😂wasted

    • @Tekkenandgaming
      @Tekkenandgaming 3 месяца назад +131

      And I don’t blame them, id do the same.

    • @crelos3549
      @crelos3549 3 месяца назад +125

      Go out with a bang

  • @someguyontheinternet7165
    @someguyontheinternet7165 3 месяца назад +9932

    It’s because the tortoise are the only ones who’ve been around to see multiple eclipse. They know all the other animals are busy freaking out, giving them the time to get freaky.

    • @phaedrapage4217
      @phaedrapage4217 3 месяца назад +664

      You actually have a good point there!

    • @Sovereignty3
      @Sovereignty3 3 месяца назад +205

      Exactly what I was thinking.

    • @grahamhunt69
      @grahamhunt69 3 месяца назад +138

      its giving Tolkien

    • @PaulRudd1941
      @PaulRudd1941 3 месяца назад +177

      Interesting hypothesis

    • @Rosedeen-go1gn
      @Rosedeen-go1gn 3 месяца назад +106

      The tortoises have lived longer and know more of the phenomenon. procreate and Bless God.🎉🎉😂❤❤❤

  • @CookiePieMonster
    @CookiePieMonster 3 месяца назад +639

    Makes a lot more sense now why a solar eclipse was always sketchy to humans in the past. If I see wild animals acting this different I'd think the solar eclipse meant the end too.

  • @seajelly2421
    @seajelly2421 3 месяца назад +498

    I was in a 93% coverage area. The MINUTE after the peak coverage, when the angle of the eclipse changed and the sky began to brighten again, the birds started chirping and cawing like it was morningtime. That was really neat to witness.
    Leading up to the peak, it got eerily quiet outdoors.

    • @mygirldarby
      @mygirldarby 3 месяца назад +27

      This happened in my area too, and I was only in 88% coverage. Also, a wild rabbit came out and started eating grass, then ran back into the brush when the sun came back out.

    • @Saaahdood
      @Saaahdood 2 месяца назад

      Be thankful you don't live by uncontected tribes, they tend to start wars

    • @seajelly2421
      @seajelly2421 2 месяца назад +5

      @@Saaahdood how do you know this, exactly? 😒

    • @Saaahdood
      @Saaahdood 2 месяца назад

      @seajelly2421 the fact documented wars have been tied to eclipses until modern day roughly 300 years ago. A TON of uncontacted tribes can be seen going at it.
      One tribe in Brazil was contacted, has a 6 part documentary you can find on here. In the book he wrote he confirmed it as well.

    • @Saaahdood
      @Saaahdood 2 месяца назад

      @seajelly2421 oh and my 3 local tribes have history with it.

  • @Bingbackguillotines
    @Bingbackguillotines 3 месяца назад +8379

    Having an end of the world orgy party then the world doesn't end. awkward.

    • @realscience
      @realscience  3 месяца назад +1884

      I hate when that happens

    • @No-bb1jq
      @No-bb1jq 3 месяца назад +354

      ​@@realscienceayo?

    • @Istandby666
      @Istandby666 3 месяца назад +157

      ​@@realscience
      And how many have you attended? ROFL

    • @AnonYmous-hu7jo
      @AnonYmous-hu7jo 3 месяца назад +169

      This is literally a WHOLE Rick and Morty episode.

    • @GenevaConventionViolator
      @GenevaConventionViolator 3 месяца назад +75

      @@realscience average real science sexperience

  • @ecog558
    @ecog558 3 месяца назад +2734

    To me the Gibbons having a specific vocalisation for an eclipse is by far the most interesting

    • @juniperabbott2614
      @juniperabbott2614 3 месяца назад +48

      yes it is

    • @sianmilne4879
      @sianmilne4879 3 месяца назад +174

      Yes I need to know if it's the same specific one in different populations/different generations cause if so that's wild!

    • @rosemaryandrews1347
      @rosemaryandrews1347 3 месяца назад +172

      Yes , the gibbons having a specific vocalization is by far the most astounding. Other commenters seem to be fixated on the tortoises though which in itself is kind of interesting

    • @empebee
      @empebee 3 месяца назад +121

      “Yeah, we gibbons like to live in the moment. We don’t really talk about eclipses in our day to day lives, but when there is one, it’s all we talk about. “

    • @Tekyng_of_Baregan
      @Tekyng_of_Baregan 3 месяца назад +1

      ​@@sianmilne4879that's what I was wondering!

  • @IamnotJohnFord
    @IamnotJohnFord 3 месяца назад +804

    We were at a zoo next to the elephant enclosure. Earlier the elephants ignored everyone and stayed way back from the fence. But, during the eclipse they came over to the fence closest to the crowds. They started pacing back and forth and trumpeting over and over. Clearly, they knew this was very unusual. Meanwhile, the tigers rolled over and went back to sleep. Too cool for the room I guess.

    • @kasiastar552
      @kasiastar552 3 месяца назад +27

      😂tigers 😅
      They r smart !!!!!
      I’d do the same

    • @aidensnow5017
      @aidensnow5017 3 месяца назад +57

      Cats will be cats

    • @bigol9223
      @bigol9223 3 месяца назад +42

      The tigers are probably just resigned to the fact that they can't go hunt some crazed eclipse meat while trapped in the zoo.

    • @omoriperocondrip9130
      @omoriperocondrip9130 2 месяца назад +32

      Tigers are still just really big cats.
      And cats just won't give a fuck about stuff like this

    • @tickytacky8078
      @tickytacky8078 2 месяца назад

      As usual idiots be idiots

  • @supermaximglitchy1
    @supermaximglitchy1 3 месяца назад +22

    Humans: calm
    Most animals: panik
    Tortoises: “it’s the honey moon”

  • @HenriqueLSilva
    @HenriqueLSilva 3 месяца назад +4707

    Baboons, giraffes and lorakeets: "is this the end? I'm scared"
    Gibboons: "WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!"
    tortoises: "the end is coming, and so am I."

    • @feliciag5789
      @feliciag5789 3 месяца назад +83

      underrated comment

    • @himanshugurjar9002
      @himanshugurjar9002 3 месяца назад +150

      Imagine it in oogway voice

    • @Andromedon777
      @Andromedon777 3 месяца назад +20

      LMFAO

    • @KartikChauhan__KC
      @KartikChauhan__KC 3 месяца назад

      Coming am I 🐢​@@himanshugurjar9002

    • @rapidstress2008
      @rapidstress2008 3 месяца назад +35

      ​@@himanshugurjar9002 It took a second to process 😂😂 Like oogway is a TURTLE

  • @Newholland1982
    @Newholland1982 3 месяца назад +646

    All my chickens started marching in line back to their coop,lol,

    • @spadesshock7477
      @spadesshock7477 3 месяца назад +35

      Majoras mask?

    • @carlpanzram7081
      @carlpanzram7081 3 месяца назад +101

      "damn it's nighttime already?"

    • @gabrielandreassen5761
      @gabrielandreassen5761 3 месяца назад +30

      That sounds adorable, the foster home that I was in for a bit a had chickens and I have very fond memories of them

    • @rosenia5409
      @rosenia5409 3 месяца назад +11

      That’s actually pretty smart if you think about it lol

    • @anonymlulz8273
      @anonymlulz8273 3 месяца назад +18

      A local deer stood on his two hind legs. Said my fathers name, my name and 2069 idk lol
      then went normal.

  • @LocalTiredArtist
    @LocalTiredArtist 3 месяца назад +77

    Our dogs were strangely relaxed. They’re normally incredibly hyper but they were just.. calm. It was odd.

  • @annacobb1140
    @annacobb1140 3 месяца назад +134

    Get the tortoises some eclipse glasses STAT

    • @idehenebenezer
      @idehenebenezer 3 месяца назад

      Jesus is coming soon. Repent and turn away from your SINS TODAY🤗🤗..

    • @Pixal_Dragon
      @Pixal_Dragon 3 месяца назад +4

      @@idehenebenezernah if Jesus is a real one he’ll have my back when judgement comes knocking

    • @annacobb1140
      @annacobb1140 3 месяца назад +3

      @@idehenebenezer eww. Jesus shouldn't be doing that 8n front of the little ones. Idgaf what the preachers and preists do

    • @GreedyOrange
      @GreedyOrange 8 дней назад

      no man,let them have some fun,bonus is they look funny while doing it too :P

  • @ninomitchell2039
    @ninomitchell2039 3 месяца назад +1372

    So what you're saying is, tortoises, as a species, have an eclipse kink.
    *edit* thanks for all the likes. Most I've gotten on any platform.

    • @phaedrapage4217
      @phaedrapage4217 3 месяца назад

      A very rare and very specific kink to have. Beats the hell out of having a foot fetish though, I guess. 😂

    • @sebsational123
      @sebsational123 3 месяца назад +86

      More data needed but we're onto something here

    • @illavila4477
      @illavila4477 3 месяца назад +30

      I hate to "bandwagon", but I am now also on this train

    • @Sir-Edmund-IXX
      @Sir-Edmund-IXX 3 месяца назад +6

      You’ve gotta good point

    • @idehenebenezer
      @idehenebenezer 3 месяца назад +1

      Jesus is coming soon. Repent and turn away from your SINS TODAY🤗🤗..

  • @MrLovolovo
    @MrLovolovo 3 месяца назад +837

    must have been terrifying back then, the sky darkens, the sun disappears and the animals act up

    • @TechnicolorMammoth
      @TechnicolorMammoth 3 месяца назад +74

      We had literal human beings act up during the eclipse. It was only a few, but the point is, either by purpose or just being born that way...ignorance and naivety creates fear. Fear is what these creatures felt and acted as if yeah..the world was ending.

    • @ron4202
      @ron4202 3 месяца назад +44

      ​@@TechnicolorMammoth
      A woman killed one of her children and her husband because she felt a "disturbance" with the eclipse. She most likely had something wrong with her beforehand, but I feel the eclipse was that final push.

    • @Blackhole-TON618
      @Blackhole-TON618 3 месяца назад +57

      ​@@ron4202it's terrible how pseudoscience can negatively affect people like this, the situation overall is just tragic

    • @Wakanda4bigmama
      @Wakanda4bigmama 3 месяца назад +5

      ... Turtles start f kings...

    • @collieee2957
      @collieee2957 3 месяца назад +4

      I dont think humans were around enough animals acting weird at once for them to notice, but the sky thing i agree. I didn’t see my dog or cat react lol

  • @werwolf6746
    @werwolf6746 3 месяца назад +33

    My Tortoise always "looks" up into the sky when sunbathing in the morning. I think those tortoises might simply thing its morning and that they need their sunbath to get going.

  • @x7ameedo700
    @x7ameedo700 3 месяца назад +12

    Everyone panics, but its a mating season for 1000 year old turtles.

  • @martaleszkiewicz5115
    @martaleszkiewicz5115 3 месяца назад +325

    It's really cool that gibbons have a word for "eclipse".

    • @vickyabramowitz2885
      @vickyabramowitz2885 3 месяца назад +24

      Yes, but of course it's in their own special language. Translated into the English language, it means "$hit!!!"

    • @tabula_rosa
      @tabula_rosa 2 месяца назад +19

      Prairie dogs have words for stuff like that too, & since they bark to describe approaching strangers to the rest of the colony we were able to translate it! We know what the prairie dog word for "jeans" is

    • @72768
      @72768 2 месяца назад +5

      ​@@tabula_rosa thats really cool. Where can I find this info?

    • @tabula_rosa
      @tabula_rosa 2 месяца назад

      @@72768 cant share links so google "prairie dog language decoded", top result should be a CBC article about it

  • @janetkizer5956
    @janetkizer5956 3 месяца назад +484

    That the tortoises all gazed up at rhe sky after the eclipse makes me think they believed they saved the sun somehow by their little orgy. 😮

    • @alphalunablue8918
      @alphalunablue8918 3 месяца назад +58

      STOP, WHY DID THIS MAKE ME THINK OF THAT ONE LAND BEFORE TIME MOVIE WHERE THE LONG NECKS THOUGHT THEY PUSHED THE SUN BACK INTO THE SKY 😭😭😭😭

    • @phaedrapage4217
      @phaedrapage4217 3 месяца назад +59

      Well, it's always worked for them before!

    • @mahdimohomoud2953
      @mahdimohomoud2953 3 месяца назад +5

      @@alphalunablue8918 lol me too

    • @ellicooper2323
      @ellicooper2323 3 месяца назад +28

      We have a lot to thank tortoises for.

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 2 месяца назад +11

      Of my.
      Does this mean, if the last Galapagos turtle goes the way of the dodo, the sun will never be freed after the next eclipse 😮?

  • @seonaelizabethcoster8465
    @seonaelizabethcoster8465 3 месяца назад +18

    Lorikeets are really (pun not intended) flighty birds. We've got a couple 100 that live in trees around my house - we're right next to a shopping centre - and car or truck lights can really set them off, ask flying and calling for anywhere between 5-30 minutes. And a strange noise? That's insanity. So it really doesn't surprise me that they'd react with calls in an eclipse. I'm actually more surprised that they didn't fly around like maniacs, too.

  • @racheljensen1823
    @racheljensen1823 3 месяца назад +3

    Tortoises:
    Oh, yeah, I remember this crazy thing from 100 years ago. Hey Shelly! Full moon shinin' durin' the day. Let's not waste this. It's beautiful and so are you ;)

  • @MaeF1y603
    @MaeF1y603 3 месяца назад +86

    The pair of neighborhood crows that we feed regularly came and sat near us and seemed to watch it as well. Usually they move about a lot more, but they barely moved the start to the finish of the eclipse.

    • @rattaxi9645
      @rattaxi9645 3 месяца назад +12

      Interesting! I love that you have that relationship with them.

    • @Sir-Edmund-IXX
      @Sir-Edmund-IXX 3 месяца назад +3

      They trust you, it’s a known fact that they remember good (or bad) deeds towards other of their kind, same goes for themselves

  • @GretchenDawntreader
    @GretchenDawntreader 3 месяца назад +153

    I was laughing that as the moon started moving away and the sunlight started to return, birds were chirping like they do around sunrise.

    • @familyof1052
      @familyof1052 3 месяца назад +18

      Yep! We live surrounded by woods. Birds were making some usual daytime noise, got quiet and then started in like it was morning right after

    • @KeeleyChaos-official
      @KeeleyChaos-official 3 месяца назад +3

      ​@@familyof1052 _:00 crickets feels pretty weird

    • @evieuretsky9997
      @evieuretsky9997 3 месяца назад +7

      My chickens went bonkers as it start to cover the sun. Even my horses were running around like crazy till the light came back.

  • @stephentremblay1465
    @stephentremblay1465 3 месяца назад +4

    Every other animal "omg something is wrong and I'm scared."
    Tortoise: "boutta get me some. 🐢👀"

  • @gabrielbay9739
    @gabrielbay9739 3 месяца назад +13

    Tortoises had the most hippie response ever

  • @seanc4501
    @seanc4501 3 месяца назад +307

    It's simple. Animals "know" when day and night is but suddenly it gets dark when they know it's day and "see" the sun dissappear. It's a random, drastic change to their "schedules"

    • @pbase36
      @pbase36 3 месяца назад +27

      The sun will also "disappear" on very overcast days. Yet the animals don't display this behavior on those days, just in eclipses. So it's not that simple.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 3 месяца назад +40

      ​@@pbase36 Even the overcasted of days don't get as dark as an eclipse. You'd need an actual hurricane to get even close to that light level. And during a hurricane most animals will intuitively understand what's going on.

    • @pbase36
      @pbase36 3 месяца назад +6

      @@lonestarr1490 Eclipses are not "full" everywhere at once. It depends on your location, you can see that on the map of the latest eclipse. Some areas got very dark, some did not.
      Here in SC, where this study was done, we did not get a full eclipse. Rather it was just as it the day was heavily overcast.

    • @SPGHTTFRT
      @SPGHTTFRT 3 месяца назад +4

      @@pbase36is there a difference in animal behaviors during full eclipse vs partial?

    • @pbase36
      @pbase36 3 месяца назад +2

      @@SPGHTTFRT I was responding to lonestarr, who mentioned that overcast days do not get as dark as a full eclipse. That's true, but as I stated, not every place experienced a "full eclipse." In SC, the eclipse for us was like an overcast day. Yet the animals behaved differently during the eclipse than they did on an overcast day. So there's something different about an eclipse, even a partial one, for animals.
      As far as there being a difference in their behavior between a partial and a full, I don't know. I'm only looking at the study done in SC, which was mentioned in this video.

  • @Tebbulator
    @Tebbulator 3 месяца назад +23

    Had a squirrel on a roof freeze for a solid 10 minutes, then darted offf

  • @oldfogey4679
    @oldfogey4679 3 месяца назад +30

    Yes their behavior is unusual why my cat actually act like he was glad to see me!

    • @TehKarmalizer
      @TehKarmalizer 3 месяца назад +2

      Probably a coincidence. The cat was probably just hungry.

    • @oldfogey4679
      @oldfogey4679 3 месяца назад

      @TehKarmalizer no actually my cats clingy

  • @Akooks
    @Akooks 3 месяца назад +14

    Where I’m from (San Diego) There’s these types of parrots that are not native, they’ve multiplied over the years after being released from captivity. During the eclipse, they all sat on the power line infront of my house and were still and silent. which is really abnormal for them. They are always super loud and move around a lot. It was super trippy

    • @Toizia
      @Toizia 3 месяца назад +2

      Maybe they were observing how the humans react, they know we are intelligent creatures, they were watching humans to try and make sense of it perhaps

    • @elishh8173
      @elishh8173 3 месяца назад +2

      Animals don't need humans for everything. I think they were observing the eclipse and having their own thoughts about it.

    • @otroflores91
      @otroflores91 3 месяца назад

      Those parakeets are loud. Can hear even them before I see them flying back to the beach before sunset.

  • @democraticrepublicofsprout7263
    @democraticrepublicofsprout7263 3 месяца назад +180

    Tortoise Eclipse Cult was not what I was expecting

    • @Alex-mf3jj
      @Alex-mf3jj 3 месяца назад

      Tortoise Eclipse SEX Cult

    • @seanryan3020
      @seanryan3020 3 месяца назад

      Tortoise Eclipse Cult Orgy even less so! 🐢

    • @HeheICreamed
      @HeheICreamed 2 месяца назад +2

      Shells wide shut.

  • @MOONWOLF7395
    @MOONWOLF7395 3 месяца назад +385

    Tortoises getting last one in before the end of the world.

  • @elkadosh4726
    @elkadosh4726 3 месяца назад +7

    When the dark started coming on...my cat started getting sketchy, anxious...bit zoomie. So wild.

  • @mcvenne8935
    @mcvenne8935 3 месяца назад +22

    "Hey, wanna do it and then stare at the eclipse?" "Sure." XD

  • @TheFirstCurse1
    @TheFirstCurse1 3 месяца назад +397

    All of them made a lot of sense to me. Animals are scared and freaking out over a celestial event that they don't understand. But then the Tortoises... LMAO!

    • @neatwheat
      @neatwheat 3 месяца назад +18

      They also don't know it only lasts a couple of minutes and is not the end of the world or whatever. I could totally understand them acting up.

    • @neatwheat
      @neatwheat 3 месяца назад +7

      Even though last time watching an eclipse my dog almost fell asleep and the birds stopped singing (unlike those zoo parrots).

    • @I.C.Weiner
      @I.C.Weiner 3 месяца назад +13

      Sounds like humans when they thought the eclipse or comets were angry gods.

    • @woo1818
      @woo1818 3 месяца назад +4

      @@I.C.Weiner same with anything that comes across something that they don’t have the means of understanding. Gotta start somewhere.

    • @ent1311
      @ent1311 3 месяца назад +12

      The difference is that the tortoises have been through this 5+ times before because they live for so long. They know that it's just going to pass. They make an excuse to have a party instead.

  • @augustl8876
    @augustl8876 3 месяца назад +307

    my chickens thought it was bed time and all gathered for a nap. my cats each decided to pick a person and stand with their side touching a leg.

    • @feliciag5789
      @feliciag5789 3 месяца назад +35

      aww maybe the kitties were looking for comfort, or even trying to reassure you?

    • @paintnamer6403
      @paintnamer6403 3 месяца назад +8

      @@feliciag5789 My neighbors cat followed them to a field two blocks away where they watched the eclipse. Someone lit off fireworks and their cat did not come home for almost two days.

  • @Alejojojo6
    @Alejojojo6 3 месяца назад +2

    An hens simply fall to sleep thinking is nighttime haha

  • @kevinschmidt5881
    @kevinschmidt5881 3 месяца назад +2

    I expect that the tortoises have witnessed far more eclipses than any other critter on the list.

  • @7techno77
    @7techno77 3 месяца назад +31

    Mom told me our chickens went up to roost and then they were all confused after

  • @shnppr
    @shnppr 3 месяца назад +28

    Our dogs just thought we skipped dinner.

  • @Hydra-House-Lizard
    @Hydra-House-Lizard 3 месяца назад +2

    I love how birds are like humans, they huddle up together to watch the eclipse😂

  • @mavrosyvannah
    @mavrosyvannah 3 месяца назад +3

    And humans drag their children on this strange road trip for a 4 minute show.

  • @YouTubeChannel-mk9ck
    @YouTubeChannel-mk9ck 3 месяца назад +91

    Because tortoises have seen more Eclipse than humans ever could, simply because they live longer.

    • @lucakun3455
      @lucakun3455 3 месяца назад

      well even thou you are partially right you are wrong about the human part. there will be 8 total solar eclipses in the next 10 years. they are just at diffrent parts of the world. the whole "this event won't be happening for another 300+ years" is just bullshit and clever wording. bc it won't happen in that region for another 300+ years but just take a plane and fly a couple of hours and you will be able to see another one in less than 10 years time

    • @TheRealStewpid
      @TheRealStewpid 3 месяца назад

      so... they just start to mate?

    • @joywebster2678
      @joywebster2678 3 месяца назад

      They been foreplaying in slow motion since last eclipse! 😂

  • @SnackTimeWithYogurt
    @SnackTimeWithYogurt 3 месяца назад +744

    When are tortoises ever not mating 😂

    • @ZeroSonic360
      @ZeroSonic360 3 месяца назад +149

      When they need to save their population

    • @Rocket_Poop
      @Rocket_Poop 3 месяца назад +14

      when theyre dead

    • @geraldserra
      @geraldserra 3 месяца назад +8

      ​@@ZeroSonic360 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @space_6364
      @space_6364 3 месяца назад +4

      When they need to find a straw

    • @taianthony5265
      @taianthony5265 3 месяца назад +8

      Tortoise be like - lights gonna to turn off let's mate

  • @solaura6218
    @solaura6218 2 месяца назад +2

    I hope these animals are sure to wear their eclipse goggles.

  • @toddstrickland973
    @toddstrickland973 3 месяца назад +2

    The sudden drop in temperature gets the reptiles attention.

  • @wamlartmuse17
    @wamlartmuse17 3 месяца назад +17

    I forgot about the eclipse. I was laying in bed trying to get a nap. Out of nowhere, the hawks in my neighbors tree start freaking out for like 5min. Then I went outside to lay in the sun a bit after that & my other neighbors chickens & roosters started going nuts. Then it got cloudy a bit after that... so I thought. Then realized it was the eclipse.
    Edit: it was very quiet during the totality. Not one bird or dog.

  • @ar-sithf.austin3744
    @ar-sithf.austin3744 3 месяца назад +19

    My dog barked and went goofy around a few hours of it. He actually woke me up when it started.

  • @Sidetrackification
    @Sidetrackification 3 месяца назад +1

    How any of us survived the hype that was spewed out over the last eclipse is really phenomenal!

  • @Rizzbulla
    @Rizzbulla 3 месяца назад +2

    Tortoises get some because they think the world is ending, then it turns daylight again and they look up to the sky "Reeeeally? You're not ending? I didn't pull out!"

  • @juiceecherry
    @juiceecherry 3 месяца назад +18

    The seagulls in my area started circling in a group over one spot during the eclipse.

  • @panteraprimus
    @panteraprimus 3 месяца назад +41

    Yep, I was in a nature preserve, and all the wildlife went crazy

  • @dragonblaze4204
    @dragonblaze4204 3 месяца назад +2

    All other animals: " omg the world is ending everyone freak out! "
    Tortoises: " good mood lighting, nice atmosphere, everyone's distracted, no more PG13 time "

  • @Alec_Reaper
    @Alec_Reaper 3 месяца назад +1

    That what separates us from animals. We were once like them, freaking out by strange lights in the sky, then we figured them out, calmed down, predicted them and now have events to see it. Meanwhile the animals still freak with no clue what is happening.

  • @DedicatedSlaya
    @DedicatedSlaya 3 месяца назад +217

    It's probably the only time Tortoises can have some privacy for once! 🤣👍

  • @harmonicaveronica
    @harmonicaveronica 3 месяца назад +17

    I heard a total solar eclipse described as "like the sky broke" - and actually seeing it in person, yeah, that's pretty accurate! I can imagine why animals might get freaked out if they have any level of intelligence. It gets dark in the middle of the day and then there's a strange object in the sky unlike anything you've ever seen before, and then within 2 minutes everything is pretty much back to normal, if a little dim

  • @hix1013
    @hix1013 2 дня назад +2

    They know the signs of judgement day

  • @LaurieValdez-zk3dy
    @LaurieValdez-zk3dy 3 месяца назад +2

    Speaking as a mammal it made me very anxious and nervous❤

  • @user-vr2eo6vw6d
    @user-vr2eo6vw6d 3 месяца назад +13

    Fish during the eclipse: (0)o(0)

  • @angelserenade
    @angelserenade 3 месяца назад +224

    What I think, since the moon blocks the sunlight, the animals percieve this sudden darkness as night time. As these animals usually knows when it's night fall, the sudden darkness they do not understand made them anxious. These animals understand that predators are more likely to appear at night time, and this sudden darkness mean to them that the predators are coming.

    • @TheRealStewpid
      @TheRealStewpid 3 месяца назад

      That might be the case, however I don't know how that applies to tortoises. Maybe it's a combination of reasons as to why these reactions happen with animals.

    • @themelancholyofgay3543
      @themelancholyofgay3543 3 месяца назад +5

      great observation

    • @jackieisabelajaso
      @jackieisabelajaso 3 месяца назад +4

      Yeah this makes sense, I was thinking something like that but at least you were able to put it in better words than what I was able to

    • @flightlesslord2688
      @flightlesslord2688 3 месяца назад +8

      predators arent the only ones coming

    • @centerman1255
      @centerman1255 3 месяца назад +2

      But like, what about the tortoises tho

  • @sebikaffe
    @sebikaffe 3 месяца назад +1

    tortoises just living their best life

  • @jamil1985
    @jamil1985 2 месяца назад +1

    Tortoise be like 'damn the lights are out! Time to Bang!! Mwahahaha 😂

  • @wesleybilly8097
    @wesleybilly8097 3 месяца назад +56

    Same with earthquakes. They just know something is up.

    • @toh6261
      @toh6261 3 месяца назад +1

      It may have something to do with the ground rumbling, but it's definitely a mystery.

    • @molybdaen11
      @molybdaen11 2 месяца назад

      No mystery.
      Earthquakes usually come with a release of gas beforehand.
      Many animals like reptiles and dogs can smell that hours or even day before.

  • @dharmaraja41
    @dharmaraja41 3 месяца назад +4

    The increase in passion is documented
    Police reports of increase crime during eclipses is well documented

  • @LordMondegrene
    @LordMondegrene 3 месяца назад

    Love that gibbons have a special call that means, "ECLIPSE!!!"
    ... and the Galopagos Tortoise response is just perfect, chef's kiss.

  • @armie4172
    @armie4172 3 месяца назад +1

    And here are my cats…we’re in the path of totality…and they’re asleep on the couch through the whole thing. 😅

  • @toemasmeems
    @toemasmeems 3 месяца назад +44

    "time for one more Big Bang"

  • @Kilnor
    @Kilnor 3 месяца назад +17

    I love the sound of this person's voice, it's so soothing and relaxing.

  • @PyroniusRex
    @PyroniusRex 2 месяца назад

    If youve ever seen an eclipse in totality its like someone used a dimmer outside. Thats the dopest mood lighting you'll ever have. Tortoises are truly wise creatures.

  • @kiki29073
    @kiki29073 3 месяца назад +2

    The tortoises out there are always Randy. I worked there years ago and so many visitors would complain about them mating in front of the kids. I would tell them they brought their kids to see nature. That's about as basic in nature as you can get!

  • @nocturnalmayhem0
    @nocturnalmayhem0 3 месяца назад +86

    well thats interesting they all look up at the sun

    • @realscience
      @realscience  3 месяца назад +50

      They didn't get the memo about the glasses

    • @dumahm9043
      @dumahm9043 3 месяца назад +6

      Someone needs to do an ophthalmology research on these animals 🙈🐾🐾🐾

  • @dalitrh
    @dalitrh 3 месяца назад +8

    Last time I saw an explipce, there was probably hundreds of bumblebees landing on the ground and started walking confused around. And we have a huge murder of crows nearby, they went completely silent! As the rest of the birds.

    • @goose2888
      @goose2888 3 месяца назад

      As far as I know, bees die if they don't make it back to the hive at night, so I'm sure it was very confusing for them to be out at "night" without dying!

    • @dalitrh
      @dalitrh 3 месяца назад +1

      @@goose2888
      Bees can and will use a flower as bed and breakfast if nessesery 🐝👍 Have seen bumblebees do it all the time.

  • @sebsational123
    @sebsational123 3 месяца назад +1

    You know that thing you say to people who are far away that's like "you're not that far cause we're looking up at the same moon" that's me with these tortoises and the eclipse I'm crying

  • @climatebas
    @climatebas 3 месяца назад

    Birds got quieter as the partial eclipse darkened towards totality a few weeks back. Except for a woodpecker that could care less and kept pecking. Can't remember bird noises during totality - it was just too mindblowing.

  • @hannabaal150
    @hannabaal150 3 месяца назад +11

    I was in a cloud covered area that was right in the center of the totality. It went dark rapidly and stayed that way for too long! I felt a sense of relief when it got lighter again.

  • @scottfraser706
    @scottfraser706 3 месяца назад +5

    We seen a bunch of Canadians geese gathering and honkying loudly. Kinda like they do at night time

  • @pisces2569
    @pisces2569 3 месяца назад

    Humans may not be the only animals to have an emotional event but we are the only ones who like to chill and watch it

  • @larrymyers6327
    @larrymyers6327 3 месяца назад

    I hope all the animals wore sunglasses if they looked up at the eclipse.

  • @mojojojo3411
    @mojojojo3411 3 месяца назад +3

    My animals acted the same. We all napped

  • @lapiswolf2780
    @lapiswolf2780 3 месяца назад +5

    My father said that when he experienced an eclipse, the animals went to sleep because they thought it was nighttime. This was decades ago.

  • @catlinhollow
    @catlinhollow 3 месяца назад +1

    I had a physiological reaction to the eclipse. I was inside my office, alone, trying to get work done. I documented it all, with time stamps.

    • @goose2888
      @goose2888 3 месяца назад

      Do you feel comfortable sharing about it? That's fascinating. I'm also curious if you know what your astrological placements are?

  • @tfodthogtmfof7644
    @tfodthogtmfof7644 3 месяца назад

    I sure hope the tortoises get to have it more often than every eclipse.

  • @HarryMarsee-fw9ot
    @HarryMarsee-fw9ot 3 месяца назад +3

    They just go to bed. The crickets come out, the night animals come out and the day Animals go to sleep. Then it's as if nature itself yells "April Fool" then the procedure starts right back up.

  • @norahabdulsathaar4243
    @norahabdulsathaar4243 3 месяца назад +5

    Learnt something new today!!! Thank you!

  • @orangeapples3
    @orangeapples3 3 месяца назад

    The turtles are definitely the coolest. They can live hunches of years so it’s like they know it’s no big deal.

  • @DarthGTB
    @DarthGTB 3 месяца назад

    that tortoise had passed through like 3 total solar eclipses in his lifetime. He knows what's up

  • @t.jefferson6365
    @t.jefferson6365 3 месяца назад +92

    Tortoises are like "Well looks like we are f'ed might as well go out that way, hey Martha brace yourself!"

    • @daarom3472
      @daarom3472 3 месяца назад +13

      why did you say that name !?😂

    • @t.jefferson6365
      @t.jefferson6365 3 месяца назад +4

      @@daarom3472 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

    • @KARMA-jr6uk
      @KARMA-jr6uk 3 месяца назад

      Might be someone he knew 😂​@@daarom3472

    • @KartikChauhan__KC
      @KartikChauhan__KC 3 месяца назад +2

      Bruh why martha 😂

    • @t.jefferson6365
      @t.jefferson6365 3 месяца назад

      @@KartikChauhan__KC 🤣😂🤣😂🤣

  • @monikagin
    @monikagin 3 месяца назад +9

    Different types of responses to stress/ solar eclipse 😂

  • @Wet.Smell12
    @Wet.Smell12 2 месяца назад +1

    I wonder if humans had strange behaviors during the solar eclipse when we still didn’t know what was happening. And I mean like wayyyyyy back when

  • @marcopederzoli4939
    @marcopederzoli4939 2 месяца назад

    Tortoises live so long that they use solar eclipses as calendar markers for mating appointments

  • @SciMinute
    @SciMinute 3 месяца назад +21

    I didn't know this phenomenon would affect with nature like this. Amazing!

    • @patricewilcox792
      @patricewilcox792 3 месяца назад +1

      Why Not they are tuned
      Into nature More than
      People......😊

    • @elishh8173
      @elishh8173 3 месяца назад

      You should study animals more. Its really interesting because they are all intelligent in their own way, even insects. And they all have emotions.
      They are so in tune with nature that they even predict earthquakes long before it happens. And tsunamis. And volcano eruptions.
      And storms.
      Animals are the experts at nature. We humans are too removed from mother earth. That's why it's so good to be out in nature to be with animals. Even if its just feeding pigeons. The love and appreciation animals show when we help them and are good to them is such an innocent unmatched love. Animals don't judge except on if you are a kind person or a mean person to them.

  • @FennecTECH
    @FennecTECH 3 месяца назад +4

    There was full cloud cover here. And we only had about 40 percent coverage the my cat stared out the window for the whole thing

  • @padalan2504
    @padalan2504 7 дней назад

    The turtles were like: Damn, meteors again? Better make sure some of us survive this.

  • @Corneliusfiddleworth
    @Corneliusfiddleworth 3 месяца назад

    Tortoises continuously prove to be the realest mfs I swear

  • @jaredj631
    @jaredj631 3 месяца назад +21

    They finally figured out the breeding patterns of tortoises.

  • @LEGENDGAMING-qy8tr
    @LEGENDGAMING-qy8tr 3 месяца назад +7

    Animal Farm: Solar Eclipse edition

  • @matthewwebster9078
    @matthewwebster9078 3 месяца назад

    Tortoises don't think, they do. That's how they reach enlightenment ❤

  • @Doxsein
    @Doxsein 6 дней назад

    I find the fact about the Gibbons very interesting, that they only produce that specific vocalization during eclipses

  • @scottplested6257
    @scottplested6257 3 месяца назад +5

    I was in the path of totality a few years ago, just happened to be by some horses. They kicked and ran around, hard to tell if it was fearful. Seemed playful. I want to say the made noise but I question the memory. Kicking and running around definitely happened. Birds in the area all stopped chirping

    • @goose2888
      @goose2888 3 месяца назад +1

      I'm pretty sure that horses arch their tails up at the base when they're happy so if they had their tails down flat then yeah probably anxious

  • @ditte295
    @ditte295 3 месяца назад +3

    Tortoises: *Looking up at the Sky*…. Not gonna lie, that’s kind of hot

  • @nathanhale7444
    @nathanhale7444 3 месяца назад

    I hope the tortoise had their eclipse glasses on while staring at it or we might have a bunch of blind tortoises stumbling around bumping into things.

  • @riveramnell143
    @riveramnell143 3 месяца назад

    The gibbons have an actual word for eclipse, that’s so cool! I love the tortoise mating ritual during the eclipse. Cheeky buggers.