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.
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