I saw an eclipse in 1984. It was cool and surreal. What made it even more interesting was that it got so quiet. All of the animals went silent. I didn’t think anyone else was outside, and suddenly a woman across the street said, “come over here, you can see it real good through these.” I almost started laughing - she was wearing a pink housecoat and slippers, and had on a welding mask. She flipped it up and had on super dark safety glasses as well. I’ll never forget that. She was right though, you could see it perfectly.
It would have been funny if after the eclipse was over, she would have said, “now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got work to do” - flipped her helmet down, and started welding something in her driveway.
I saw that. It was funny because I was standing in a huge field. The pulses of light from the edge of the sun almost knocked me out. Felt queasy and disoriented.
Oh that's so funny, I would've loved to see that. I was at a grocery store here in Phx (we only saw about 50% coverage during this eclipse) and an older gentleman pulled his welding mask out of his work truck 😅 I thought "oh that's perfect!"
I take care of the feral cats in my neighborhood, I am in Birmingham Al, we had like 80% coverage, ALL the cats started gathering at the garage for feed time @ 2pm instead of the normal time of 5pm. They were very confused and angry at me, standing there like are you going to keep looking at the sky or are you going to feed us or what??? EVERY time change it takes a week to get the cats back to normal as well, their inner clocks get all out of whack!!! This was really cool to see, thank you for sharing!
Hey Chris, I saw that news article too where they were unsure how animals would react. If you go back and rewatch it, you could get the name of the researcher and submit this video because I think they would be highly interested in this giraffe behavior.
Thank you very much for this video! I live in Poland, we haven't got an eclipse here, I have seen only in TV, but it looks 100% better on your video! Really amazing!
Hey Chris. We weren’t too far from you. My brother rented an RV for his 2 kids, a friend and his 2 kids and I to road trip it up to Erie, Pa from northern Virginia on Saturday.. but then after the rain and clouds Sunday night we decided to leave early Monday and head west towards Cleveland. We found a spot overlooking the lake and watched it from Osborne Park. A beautiful experience!! One thing I noticed was just before totality, I saw a flock of birds flying in formation just above the lake west to east.. then as we came out.. that same flock flew the other direction east to west minutes later. Love your content. See ya in the next one.
I gotta compliment you on thinking outside the box. Nobody is thinking about the animals during it. You go to a zoo to show what happens. Brilliantly done. I saw your thumbprint and immediately tooned in. Great stuff. 👍
I saw the eclipse, and the temp dropped about 20 degrees, and the birds were chirping like crazy. Thank you for sharing this, Chris. Animals do tend to react in different ways.
Very cool to see just how dark it was. I wasn’t in the Path Of Totality so I didn’t notice much of a difference. Yes, it does look like the animals didn’t know what was going on or why.
Great vid, Chris! Thanks! :) I'm not a fan of zoos but they do serve a purpose and I'm glad you shared this experience with us. I was in Dallas for the eclipse and got very lucky the clouds parted for a short while - awesome to see! Again, thanks!
Thanks, Chris, what a great video. While the elephapnts didn't really react too much, and the giraffes seemed to have a delayed reaction, I appreciaed the premise of your time by them during the eclipse. One thing I noted here in Baltimore where we had an 88% coverage, is that it got eerily quiet just at the point of eclipse. A neighborhood that is most often rife with the sound of birds chirping was soundless. I look forward to all of your videos! Thank you!
I remember when we had a total eclipse that went over Southern Idaho. It was eerily quiet and the shadows on everything were so storage. It was really weird watching the streetlights come on in the middle of the afternoon. They are awesome to experience.
Chris, by far the best video I’ve seen of the eclipse. I have pictures of the zoo when I was a child and it’s so very different now. I think the eclipse affected the giraffes because the thought they were going to eat inside at night. Well done ❤️
I was at a park in Fredericksburg, Texas. There was a dog there who had an anxiety attack when the sun disappeared and it suddenly got so dark. The birds went completely silent. We humans just cheered! Magnificent.
Great experiment, but as we are also animals of the universe and this celestial event, the effects are not always immediate when you think the refractory of light so far away is delayed. I know the people I have talked to all have a sense of spaciness and tiredness despite getting sleep.
Living on the path of totality for this eclipse and being blessed with clear skies, it was an incredible experience. I was outside with my family and friends in the backyard and it made some memories that we’ll never forget. What a cool idea to experience it at the zoo. Thanks for sharing your adventure!
The school that I was at, as a janitor, was all in a fuss about it, and then the kids got bored and started playing again. The adults either went back to watching them, or went back inside after, about, five minutes.
I work as a zookeeper near Chicago. We went a little dark and they could care less. I was shocked however at the amount of humans looking up at the sun without protection.
Giraffes are my favorite! Thank you for doing this! My guess is that they thought it was time to go in and get dinner! I would guess a lot of animals go by light and darkness for schedules!
Was in the path of totality i thought it was really 😎 cool. I thought it was really interesting what everyone was experiencing. (Especially the animals because they are not used to this type of darkness). 😊
I happened to be sitting near a tree during the eclipse, and I was surprised that several birds fly from the sky and shelter in the tree despite the presence of several humans. My guess is that they think it’s night and retreat to where they normally sleep. I had to look it up because sure, but apparently most zoo animals have “bedrooms” where they sleep at night. My guess is that the giraffes (like the aforementioned birds) returned their normal shelter when it appeared to be night-but then came back out when daylight returned (and perhaps still couldn’t decide whether to stay or go given the brevity of the apparent night).
During the totality, there was a 360 degree dusk/dawn. Not sure if you noticed that, but that part of the one I experience was awesome and fascinating. Thanks for sharing your eclipse experience with us, Chris
Video needs a retitle, "How the humans reacted to the eclipse". I took my usual daily nap and slept through the eclipse, I've seen em before. Thanks Chris! Stayin tuned! 👍🤠
It makes me wonder if the giraffes are fed something that they like, each morning, in their enclosure and they were wondering why breakfast wasn't served.
Thanks for doing this it’s actually an interesting idea. I wonder if maybe you should have stayed with the group of animals that are nocturnal and see what they did although they are naturally kept in areas where they aren’t outside. But interesting your observations on the flamingos based on all the videos I’ve seen of people recording the eclipse from wherever in the country they were it did seem like the birds definitely reacted to the eclipse. I’ve seen a few eclipse videos and in every one the birds definitely had a reaction to it. I find that interesting and very cool!
It's funny to me how everyone applauded and cheered when it went dark. When there was an eclipse over London a couple of decades ago, I remember most people were just, yeah, like, whatever. 🤣
What I think the giraffe was thinking was this " Why is everyone following me. All I want to do is find a quiet place away from everyone so I can fart. Gosh, it never fails. Every time I want to rip one off, everyone has to follow. "
I saw an eclipse in 1984. It was cool and surreal. What made it even more interesting was that it got so quiet. All of the animals went silent. I didn’t think anyone else was outside, and suddenly a woman across the street said, “come over here, you can see it real good through these.” I almost started laughing - she was wearing a pink housecoat and slippers, and had on a welding mask. She flipped it up and had on super dark safety glasses as well. I’ll never forget that. She was right though, you could see it perfectly.
It would have been funny if after the eclipse was over, she would have said, “now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got work to do” - flipped her helmet down, and started welding something in her driveway.
I saw that. It was funny because I was standing in a huge field. The pulses of light from the edge of the sun almost knocked me out. Felt queasy and disoriented.
Oh that's so funny, I would've loved to see that. I was at a grocery store here in Phx (we only saw about 50% coverage during this eclipse) and an older gentleman pulled his welding mask out of his work truck 😅 I thought "oh that's perfect!"
Very interesting seeing how the animals behaved, especially the human animals!
Thats kinda what i was thinking.
I was on the Appalachian trail in Pennsylvania and the forest got eerily quiet. It must be so confusing to the animals. Thanks for sharing!
I saw you
Wow that's a great place to experience it.
Watched so much coverage of the eclipse, kinda got burnt out, but this was a totally different take, thanks!
I take care of the feral cats in my neighborhood, I am in Birmingham Al, we had like 80% coverage, ALL the cats started gathering at the garage for feed time @ 2pm instead of the normal time of 5pm. They were very confused and angry at me, standing there like are you going to keep looking at the sky or are you going to feed us or what??? EVERY time change it takes a week to get the cats back to normal as well, their inner clocks get all out of whack!!! This was really cool to see, thank you for sharing!
Love your versatility of subject matter that you come up with. Been watching you for a while now.
Hey Chris, I saw that news article too where they were unsure how animals would react. If you go back and rewatch it, you could get the name of the researcher and submit this video because I think they would be highly interested in this giraffe behavior.
Thank you very much for this video! I live in Poland, we haven't got an eclipse here, I have seen only in TV, but it looks 100% better on your video! Really amazing!
I have been watching you for a long time now and love your content. I didn’t realize that your channel is actually huge now! Congrats bro!
Hey Chris. We weren’t too far from you. My brother rented an RV for his 2 kids, a friend and his 2 kids and I to road trip it up to Erie, Pa from northern Virginia on Saturday.. but then after the rain and clouds Sunday night we decided to leave early Monday and head west towards Cleveland. We found a spot overlooking the lake and watched it from Osborne Park. A beautiful experience!! One thing I noticed was just before totality, I saw a flock of birds flying in formation just above the lake west to east.. then as we came out.. that same flock flew the other direction east to west minutes later. Love your content. See ya in the next one.
I gotta compliment you on thinking outside the box. Nobody is thinking about the animals during it. You go to a zoo to show what happens. Brilliantly done. I saw your thumbprint and immediately tooned in. Great stuff. 👍
That was so so cool to see how they reacted to the eclipse. The rain forest was very beautiful. I love your reaction too. Great video ❤
I saw the eclipse, and the temp dropped about 20 degrees, and the birds were chirping like crazy. Thank you for sharing this, Chris. Animals do tend to react in different ways.
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Very cool to see just how dark it was. I wasn’t in the Path Of Totality so I didn’t notice much of a difference. Yes, it does look like the animals didn’t know what was going on or why.
Great vid, Chris! Thanks! :)
I'm not a fan of zoos but they do serve a purpose and I'm glad you shared this experience with us.
I was in Dallas for the eclipse and got very lucky the clouds parted for a short while - awesome to see!
Again, thanks!
Thanks, Chris, what a great video. While the elephapnts didn't really react too much, and the giraffes seemed to have a delayed reaction, I appreciaed the premise of your time by them during the eclipse. One thing I noted here in Baltimore where we had an 88% coverage, is that it got eerily quiet just at the point of eclipse. A neighborhood that is most often rife with the sound of birds chirping was soundless. I look forward to all of your videos! Thank you!
I remember when we had a total eclipse that went over Southern Idaho. It was eerily quiet and the shadows on everything were so storage. It was really weird watching the streetlights come on in the middle of the afternoon. They are awesome to experience.
Two thumbs up for my favorite zoo animal of all time. 🦒 🦒🦒
The eclipse was awesome to see here in Erie,Pa. Looks like you had an amazing time also.
Chris, by far the best video I’ve seen of the eclipse. I have pictures of the zoo when I was a child and it’s so very different now. I think the eclipse affected the giraffes because the thought they were going to eat inside at night. Well done ❤️
I was at a park in Fredericksburg, Texas. There was a dog there who had an anxiety attack when the sun disappeared and it suddenly got so dark. The birds went completely silent. We humans just cheered! Magnificent.
0:22 The animals then mutate into twisted chimeras and he’s forced to Parasite Eve his way out of the madness …
That poor confused giraffe doesn't know if he is coming, going or standing still!
I was watching this Eclipse in Akron, Ohio. It was amazing.
I love this video and I'm sharing it.
Really cool to check on the animals, Chris! ❤
That was interesting to see the animals during the eclipse. That was my first eclipse. It was pretty cool
Great idea for a video. Never had an opportunity to observe any animals during an eclipse. Thoughtful content.
Fascinating to see.
Im sure they Were confused.
Thanks for sharing this!
Awesome video Chris. I slept through the eclipse.
Thanks for showing this to us, Chris! I wasn't able to see this in the Philippines. Oh and love the Salute Your Shorts shirt!
Hello Chris
Great to see you
Thank you, Chris!❤
Interesting take on viewing the eclipse! Well done. 😊
Very cool idea.
Great experiment, but as we are also animals of the universe and this celestial event, the effects are not always immediate when you think the refractory of light so far away is delayed. I know the people I have talked to all have a sense of spaciness and tiredness despite getting sleep.
Very fascinating how they reacted. I enjoyed the video. Thank you.
Living on the path of totality for this eclipse and being blessed with clear skies, it was an incredible experience. I was outside with my family and friends in the backyard and it made some memories that we’ll never forget.
What a cool idea to experience it at the zoo. Thanks for sharing your adventure!
This is the zoo I always visited, as a child!
The school that I was at, as a janitor, was all in a fuss about it, and then the kids got bored and started playing again. The adults either went back to watching them, or went back inside after, about, five minutes.
I work as a zookeeper near Chicago. We went a little dark and they could care less. I was shocked however at the amount of humans looking up at the sun without protection.
Giraffes are my favorite! Thank you for doing this! My guess is that they thought it was time to go in and get dinner! I would guess a lot of animals go by light and darkness for schedules!
Here in Dayton Ohio it didn't get really that dark it just looked overcast like a storm was coming in the birds didn't even stop chirping
I was in Dayton too, and it got very DARK and frightening looking.
Thank you for the video! Loved the reference to "The Princess Bride" movie. 😄
Wow great video thanks so much. The eclipse was amazing fron T.V.
Realy enjoyed this video. Thanks for taking us along.
It's always good to see you Chris.
Was in the path of totality i thought it was really 😎 cool. I thought it was really interesting what everyone was experiencing. (Especially the animals because they are not used to this type of darkness). 😊
I loved this video. Animals just make the world a wonderful place to live. Of course the eclipse was awesome.
Thank you sooooo much for this ❤ ❤❤ I loved every minute of it!!! 👏👏👏👏😊😊😊😊💛💛💛💛💛💛
Absolutely amazing video thank you Chris 🤗🤗🤗
I love your videos Chris !!
I don't know what a confused giraffe looks like but if I was to guess, I would say they look confused! Very cool to see the animals.
Thank you 😊
I happened to be sitting near a tree during the eclipse, and I was surprised that several birds fly from the sky and shelter in the tree despite the presence of several humans. My guess is that they think it’s night and retreat to where they normally sleep.
I had to look it up because sure, but apparently most zoo animals have “bedrooms” where they sleep at night. My guess is that the giraffes (like the aforementioned birds) returned their normal shelter when it appeared to be night-but then came back out when daylight returned (and perhaps still couldn’t decide whether to stay or go given the brevity of the apparent night).
WONDERFUL,, GREAT .. CHRIS,, ANIMALS DO FEEL DIFFERNT .. I KNOW I FELT SOME THING AND MY FRIENDS LITTLE TIRED AND A HEADACHE..??? THANK YOU...
Great Video!! Would love to see more zoo and arboretum greenhouse set ups, especially if rain forest areas. 👍🏻👍🏻😁
During the totality, there was a 360 degree dusk/dawn. Not sure if you noticed that, but that part of the one I experience was awesome and fascinating. Thanks for sharing your eclipse experience with us, Chris
Video needs a retitle, "How the humans reacted to the eclipse".
I took my usual daily nap and slept through the eclipse, I've seen em before.
Thanks Chris!
Stayin tuned! 👍🤠
Birds freaked out over the mall close to where I live but it could have been due to people cheering which I assume they were.
It makes me wonder if the giraffes are fed something that they like, each morning, in their enclosure and they were wondering why breakfast wasn't served.
Absolutely love your content Chris , Thank you ❤ very enjoyable
“Creepy but really cool”
Hey, that’s my line!😂
Poor Giraffe. I’d done the same.
TY Chris. I wouldn't hv seen and experienced this otherwise. Not much happened in So Florida...😊
I got to see the eclipse thanks to you 😊. Awesome How it affected the giraffes 🦒! Always a Great job! XxOo
Interesting to see how the animals reacted to the eclipse. Love the variety of content and effort you go to. 👍🏻 when you coming back to the uk ?????
Interesting and cool! Thank you!
Great job.
Thank you for the video, nice idea! I think it's more the birds reacting because they can no see in the dark.
No those flamingos were think oh shit it's dark something is going to eat us.
We couldn't see it where I'm at, but this was fascinating!
I think the giraffes thought they had been cheated out of an evening meal. 😄😄
I like elephants. I was confused too. My narcolepsy told me to take a nap in the backyard
Great video the giraffes wee face bless it so confused enjoyed this thanks 😊👍
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Amazing perspective of all the different species, as I remember it's the birds that freak out?
Very interesting I can't believe you got to see koala bears I've collected koala bear stuff since I was like 12
I was in the middle of an Indiana corn field and the birds didn't even blink.
Alternate title: Path of Totality - How the Humans Reacted 😂
Thanks for doing this it’s actually an interesting idea. I wonder if maybe you should have stayed with the group of animals that are nocturnal and see what they did although they are naturally kept in areas where they aren’t outside. But interesting your observations on the flamingos based on all the videos I’ve seen of people recording the eclipse from wherever in the country they were it did seem like the birds definitely reacted to the eclipse. I’ve seen a few eclipse videos and in every one the birds definitely had a reaction to it. I find that interesting and very cool!
My dogs just wanted to come inside the house. They were freaked out.
Cool video. Thanks
fascinating!!!!!
Very interesting, thanks for posting! I hate zoos but I love animals. Pretty depressing seeing them caged up like this. Fireworks??? In a zoo???
Great video
The giraffes at the Dallas zoo did the same thing.
It's funny to me how everyone applauded and cheered when it went dark. When there was an eclipse over London a couple of decades ago, I remember most people were just, yeah, like, whatever. 🤣
People were shooting off fireworks by me 😂
👍 but... the zoo man gives me the creeps, life in prision and die behind bars for nothing but money. its crazy in a way😕
As prey animals, the giraffe's don't like sudden, unexpected changes and weird stuff.
I missed it, it was totally cloudy and raining here
Oh giraffes bless ❤
ROUS...Hey wait a min I see what you did there😂
What I think the giraffe was thinking was this " Why is everyone following me. All I want to do is find a quiet place away from everyone so I can fart. Gosh, it never fails. Every time I want to rip one off, everyone has to follow. "
That was really cool
That's awesome
What’s been up with the audio?
I'm so bummed I didn't see it, complete cloud coverage.
Ahh that's so annoying!
Maybe the elephant's were confused from the loud cheering 🤔
The anteater appears to be pacing. If so, very sad. Too small of an enclosure.
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