1. Introduction The astronomical phenomenon of a total solar eclipse has long been of interest to animal behaviorists (e.g., [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ]) and indeed to the broader public and scientific community. Due to the rare nature of this event—a total eclipse of the sun by the moon occurs in the same place only once in a ~375 year timespan [ 9 ]—this phenomenon is novel to those animals that experience its effects and, consequently, may induce anomalous behaviors.
