Animal Behavior During Solar Eclipse

CHARLOTTE, NC — The Solar Eclipse is almost here and come Monday, the big blackout could send creatures from crickets to elephants into a tizzy.

WCCB Charlotte Meteorologist Brian Basham went to Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia to find out how animals will react to to the Solar Eclipse.

Basham also went inside Melton Observatory and talked to Astrophysicist and USC Professor Steven Rodney about what we’ll see.

Don’t have a pair of glasses to watch the eclipse? No worries, WCCB has your covered. Watch the video to learn how to make your own pin-light solar eclipse viewing box. And yes, it works!