Wiki on Solunar tables are widely used by fisherman and hunters to predict when their quarry will feed. Has this theory of animal behavior ever been verified with scientific rigor?
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I have removed the quoted text, as it was pretty much the entire contents of the web page in the last link. Quoting the entire page goes a bit beyond fair use.
It’s well-known that the corals on the Great Barrier Reef only spawn under a full moon at a certain point in the year. The part of the moon is obvious, but it’s the sun from the length of the day and the temperature of the water.
So… that’s a “no”.
The Wiki seems to suggest that gravity is the cause of changes in behavior and I think that’s total BS. I think we can call that part busted right there. Maybe that means everything should be thrown out.
But animals certainly do react to the amount of light in the environment… at night, this is mainly influenced by the phase of the moon. I know from my own camping experience that a full moon provides plenty of light to stay at least semi-active during the night, even if you’d normally prefer daylight.