Observations on the Unusual States in the Normal Patterns of the Private Behavior During the Total Solar Eclipse

Abstract

Systematically planned observations conclusively reveal that sudden and large natural changes in the ambient light conditions during a total solar eclipse for a few minutes, initiates and cause marked alterations in the normal behavior pattern of the primates. Observations on the individual as well the group dynamical behavior among the red-faced Bonnet monkeys and the black faced Hanuman Langurs in the thick forested area near Ankola in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka during the total solar eclipse are reported here.