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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{incomplete|More on birds/animals behavior during an eclipse. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
− | + | This comic is the fourth consecutive comic with a {{w|solar eclipse}} as the topic. This comic was released in the morning on Monday, {{w|Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017|August 21, 2017}}, when later a total solar eclipse was visible within a band across the {{w|contiguous United States}} from west to east. The other comics are [[1876: Eclipse Searches]]. [[1877: Eclipse Science]], and [[1878: Earth Orbital Diagram]]. | |
− | + | During an eclipse birds and other animals show a typical behavior like they do in the case of the darkness in the night and a following sunrise. Birds stop singing during totality, then greet the return of the sun with a "dawn chorus". Owls, however, become active as do mosquitos. | |
− | In this comic, [[Cueball]] tells [[Megan]] that this will happen. However, instead of just cheeping and screeching in a different pattern than birds actually do during an eclipse, in the comic, the birds begin to prepare to make a sacrifice to appease their gods, similar to how ancient cultures like the {{w|Aztecs}} [//www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/18/16078886/total-solar-eclipse-folklore are said to have acted]. Megan remains strangely nonchalant, offering only | + | In this comic, [[Cueball]] tells [[Megan]] that this will happen. However, instead of just cheeping and screeching in a different pattern than birds actually do during an eclipse, in the comic, the birds begin to prepare to make a sacrifice to appease their gods, similar to how ancient cultures like the {{w|Aztecs}}, [//www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/18/16078886/total-solar-eclipse-folklore are said to have acted]. Megan remains strangely nonchalant, offering only an clichéd admiration of nature as the birds around her use fluent English to set up a sacrificial ritual. |
− | In the title text, it turns out that the birds are about to sacrifice Megan, and Cueball tells them to stop. But Megan tells him it is OK as she wants to try | + | In the title text, it turns out that the birds are about to sacrifice Megan, and Cueball tells them to stop. But Megan tells him it is OK as she wants to try experience of being carried to a blood cauldron as she won't get another chance until the next eclipse in the US on {{w|Solar eclipse of April 8, 2024|8th of April, 2024}}. (A small region around Carbondale, Illinois [//nationaleclipse.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/x-marks-the-spot-two-total-solar-eclipses-in-seven-years/ will experience] two total eclipses in 7 years). |
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:[The sky is now nearly dark, more at the top of the panel. The sounds continue, written in similar bubbles.] | :[The sky is now nearly dark, more at the top of the panel. The sounds continue, written in similar bubbles.] | ||
:Chirp! | :Chirp! | ||
− | : | + | :Clank clank clank |
:The time is upon us! | :The time is upon us! | ||
:Peep! | :Peep! | ||
− | : | + | :Kachunk |
:Prepare the blood cauldron! | :Prepare the blood cauldron! | ||
:Cueball: Wow. | :Cueball: Wow. | ||
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[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
[[Category:Astronomy]] | [[Category:Astronomy]] | ||
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