Must Be Bed Time.....

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/animals-reacted-weirdly-to-the-eclipse-and-nasa-wants-your-help-studying-them-13111344

At least the eco loonies can't blame climate change for this!

[Cloverjo]

I was in Devon for the eclipse in 1999. We couldn't see the eclipse because of clouds, but when darkness fell the birds all stopped tweeting suddenly and started again as the light returned.

It was quite magical, really, even though I couldn't see the main event. 

[pastafreak]

Fascinating...we know animals react before we do to things like thunderstorms,  earthquakes, and other natural phenomena. Plus they may hear and sense changes that we are not aware of. 

[Canary42]

Why must you always insult folk who don't share your opinion. Rember what Lady Margaret said,"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left."

[ToraToraTora]

wrong thread canary?

[237SJ]

We were on Dunkery beacon when it was the millenium eclipse. A herd of Exmoor ponies walked past us, going home to roost then came back again when the sun re-appeared.  Stands to reason really as they thought it was night time

[Sam1960]

I was on the summit of Schiehallion, the sudden drop in teperature was amazing. Was like someone turning the heating off  !!

[Peter Pedant]

Why must you always insult folk who don't share your opinion.

I agree Canary - eco loonies have nothing to do with a solar eclipse, neither do numpties and the brayne dead on AB.

The other thing is ( was) animals dont behave oddly, they behave as if the sun has gone down, but heigh ho, the world still turns

I was in Darzett aaarh ! 1999 and the commonly observed event that the clouds part just for the time of the eclipse, occurred. 

[Peter Pedant]

and me !  what is a schlub by the way - my yiddische slang is far from comprehesive

[wolf63]

PP, sorry for missing you out.  I will add you to my protection list for a small wad of cash!

 

[pastafreak]

From Wikipedia...English words of Yiddish origin:

// Schlub: A clumsy, stupid, or unattractive person (זשלאָב, zhlob, 'hick', perhaps from Polish: żłób; OED, MW) //

[Togo]

Another thread that perfectly illustrates the users who are ever eager and determined to find and take offence wherever they can. What shallow lives they must live. Remember they who are quickest to take fake offence are usually likely to be most practiced at being objectionable and disagreeable. Perhaps they were affected by the eclipse.  🙄

[Khandro]

A serious question; Am I the only person on the planet who finds this whole eclipse thing underwhelming? 

Our moon passes in front of our view of the sun occasionally and blocks out the sunlight for a short while.  Yes it's an interesting phenomena to observe maybe once, but really! Some people seem to behave as though a truly amazing supernatural miracle was taken place.

[ToraToraTora]

14:42, it's more than that, the sun is exactly the same size as the moon as it appears in the sky. That's extremly rare, it's a wonderful phenomenon and a reminder of our tiny existance in a vast cosmos. If you are not impressed by an eclipse then you have no soul or very little comprehension of what it is.

[andy-hughes]

Oh dear!

[naomi24]

Good grief!  I think I've finally seen it all here.  Arguments on the first page of a thread about an eclipse has to be a first!  Unbelievable.  

[sandyRoe]

Are schlubs and schmucks much of a muchness?

[Khandro]

TTT // it's more than that, the sun is exactly the same size as the moon as it appears in the sky..............  blah blah //

I've been aware of that since I was a schoolboy.   I'll tell you something which is a hundred times more astonishing; in a few days time, some martins, who each weigh less than a packet of fags, will arrive to nest on the front of my house, having flown all the way from South Africa. (arriving between the 22nd and the 26th at 6pm).

They will produce chicks which they will feed tirelessly from dawn to dusk and then in 5 months fly back again across the African continent feeding on no more than a few insects for their sustenance. 

And you, unaided, couldn't find your way to Birmingham!