Will the solar eclipse affect animals, plants? WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio [Video]

On April 8, many will be in the path of the solar eclipse that is expected to happen. Humans use special glasses to be able to it but many wonder how it may affect animals or plants.

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Solar eclipse events affecting animals and plants are not fully understood, according to NASA but there have been reports that animals do behave differently.

For the eclipse on April 8, the NASA-funded Eclipse Soundscapes Project will be collecting “the sights and sounds of a total solar eclipse with help from interested members of the public to better understand how an eclipse affects different ecosystems,” NASA said.

“Eclipses are often thought of as a visual event – something that you see,” said Kelsey Perrett, Communications Coordinator with the Eclipse Soundscapes Project. “We want to show that eclipses can be studied in a multi-sensory manner, through sound and feeling and other forms of observation.”

Angela Speck, …