Animals act in strange – and adorable – ways during an eclipse

Scientists found that orb-weaver spiders dismantle their webs during a total eclipse. Photos: TNS

It's not just humans who will be affected by the solar eclipse today – expect animals to act strangely too.

Anecdotal evidence and a few scientific studies suggest that as the moon moves briefly between the sun and the Earth, causing a deep twilight to fall across the land, large swaths of the animal kingdom will alter their behaviour.