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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
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− | + | The comic is making a joke about how birds panic during eclipses. However, instead of just cheeping and screeching like birds normally do, they begin to sacrifice each other to appease their gods, similar to how ancient cultures like the Aztecs, [https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/18/16078886/total-solar-eclipse-folklore are said to have acted]. | |
− | + | During an eclipse birds and other animals are reported to show atypical behavior. Birds stop singing during totality, then greet the return of the sun with a "dawn chorus". Owls, however, become active as do mosquitos. | |
− | + | The title text suggests that this is a routine ritual for the birds. The bird being sacrificed does not try to stop the ritual, as it wants the experience and won't get another chance until the next eclipse on the [https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/map/2024-april-8 8th of April, 2024]. A small region around [https://nationaleclipse.wordpress.com/2016/06/28/x-marks-the-spot-two-total-solar-eclipses-in-seven-years/ Carbondale, Illinois] will experience two total eclipses in 7 years. | |
− | + | This is the fourth consecutive eclipse comic. | |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[Cueball and Megan standing together looking | + | :[Cueball and Megan is standing together looking right.] |
:Cueball: I heard that during an eclipse the birds all freak out. | :Cueball: I heard that during an eclipse the birds all freak out. | ||
:Megan: I guess we'll see! | :Megan: I guess we'll see! | ||
− | :[ | + | :[While they keep standing in the same position, the white background sky turns darker. Beat panel.] |
− | :[As the sky turns to | + | :[As the sky turns to tusk, the birds are heard. The birds are off-panel, and their sounds are written above Cueball and Megan inside squiggly lines.] |
− | :Chirp Chirp! | + | :Bird 1 off-panel: Chirp Chirp! |
− | :Chirp! | + | :Bird 2 off-panel: Chirp! |
− | :Peep peep peep! | + | :Bird 3 off-panel: Peep peep peep! |
− | :Squawk! | + | :Bird 4 off-panel: Squawk! |
− | :[The sky is now | + | :[The sky is now very dark, more so at the top of the panel. The birds continues to make sounds off-panel as before.] |
− | :Chirp! | + | :Bird 5 off-panel: Chirp! |
− | : | + | :Bird 6 off-panel: Clank clank clank |
− | :The time is upon us! | + | :Bird 7 off-panel: The time is upon us! |
− | :Peep! | + | :Bird 8 off-panel: Peep! |
− | : | + | :Bird 9 off-panel: Kachunk |
− | :Prepare the blood cauldron! | + | :Bird 10 off-panel: Prepare the blood cauldron! |
:Cueball: Wow. | :Cueball: Wow. | ||
:Megan: Isn't nature amazing? | :Megan: Isn't nature amazing? | ||
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[[Category:Animals]] | [[Category:Animals]] | ||
[[Category:Astronomy]] | [[Category:Astronomy]] | ||
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