Meerkats, whooping cranes and flamingos at the San Antonio Zoo all exhibited strange behavior during Monday's total solar eclipse, as seen in a video the attraction shared on X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter.
The San Antonio Zoo 's meerkats were among the animals that displayed unusual behavior as the sun disappeared from the sky.
As the moon blocked out the sun's rays shortly after 1:30 p.m. in San Antonio, the zoo's meerkat population began running around their habitat as one large group and headed toward their indoor enclosures, presumably to get ready for bed. The San Antonio Zoo wasn't alone in its observations, either. Giraffes, gorillas, lions, macaws and flamingos at the Fort Worth Zoo, which was in the path of totality Monday, also engaged in strange behavior during the eclipse,
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