Not just the beetle. Most of God's creatures show symptoms. This may well be vet visits increase during the moon's fullness.
"May well be"
IOW, you're guessing.
Bat's are another great example, and they reduce their hunting to avoid the polarized light.
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Abstract
It is commonly assumed that aerial insectivorous bats in the tropics respond to moonlight intensity by decreasing their foraging activity during bright nights due either to an increase in predation risk, or to a reduction in insect availability.
The effect of moonlight on bat activity can be measured both between nights and within a single night. However, few studies have simultaneously used both approaches, and most authors generally compare bat activity with lunar phases. Our main aim was to evaluate how moonlight influences aerial insectivorous bat activity at different time scales: between nights and within the same night. Activity of five bat species was measured using autonomous ultrasound recording stations and moonlight intensity percentages retrieved from the Moontool program nightly throughout a 53-day sampling period. Only one species (Myotis riparius) responded negatively to moonlight, while two species (Pteronotus parnellii and Saccopteryx leptura) increased their foraging activity in moonlight. For Cormura brevirostris and S. bilineata, moonlight intensity did not affect activity level. Bat activity was greater for all species at the beginning of the night, independent of the presence of the moon, indicating that foraging just after the sunset is adaptive. Thus, bat response to the effect of moonlight intensity is more apparent between nights than within a single night and may depend on species-specific traits, such as flight speed, flexibility in habitat use and body size.
Note the highlighted finding. There's nothing in the abstract about polarized light. Maybe you can purchase the full paper and read it to see if that's mentioned.
Acomys cahirinus has a drop in temperature and activity during the full moon. Human doctor visits increase and human sleep is deterred. Corals go into a mating frenzy, due to the subdued competition from smaller biological enemies.
Lions take advantage of the weakness of other animals during the full moon period by increasing their hunting rates.
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Sleep disruption caused by intrusion of artificial light is becoming well known. Why would bright moonlight be exempt?
Availability of light will have an obvious effects on nocturnal predation risk which can ripple through the food chain. See the abstract for the bat study.
All nature is aware of the dangers of moonlight - except modern man and his marvelous "science".
And four out of five bat species studied. And lions. Don't forget what you said about lions.
You haven't made a case yet. You've just tossed out some vague ideas that may or may not even be true. So far we've seen nothing substantive.
You seem to misunderstand the word "most," and apparently have not read even the abstract for the study you cite.
You may want to re-read your post. Here's its conclusion:
All nature is aware of the dangers of moonlight - except modern man and his marvelous "science".
Somehow "most" at the beginning morphed into "all" by the end.
Do you know what "all" means?
They also have not shown what you claim they have, nor have they disproven the view they set out to.
The abstract disputes your conclusion that "all nature is aware of the dangers of moonlight". More bat species (2 out of 5) than not (1 out of 5) consider moonlight a benefit; more species are neutral to the presence of abundant moonlight (2 out of 5) than those that avoid it (1 out of 5; the same one). Are you reading something else into that abstract?
Secondly, don't you wonder why they are attempting to disprove this view? Could it be because its widely held by true in the scientific community?
No. They saw an
assumption and sought to test (not necessarily
disprove) that. Read the first sentence again.
You have a lot of cute ideas here, and you seem really keen on me citing common knowledge, but you have failed to evidence properly against the thousands of years of knowledge we have confirming the moon is dangerous. I suggest you start here: https://www.theflatearthsociety.org/forum/index.php?topic=54468.0
They also believed in a god of the wind, a god of rain, etc.
For your own safety.
Thanks! I'll take my chances, though.
It is well known that more amateur astronomers stay inside during the full moon than at other times. Why? It's not because moonlight is dangerous, it's because the full moon is a PITA! The moon is so bright when full or nearly full that it washes out all but the brightest of celestial objects, yet the full moon itself is not very interesting to look at since there are no shadows, so you don't see most of the features at all. There's less to look at.
If your hypothesis is correct, we would see a drop in veterinary visits during the full moon due to increased visibility
That's a strawman argument. I never said there would be a decrease (or increase) in vet visits. I was commenting on your guess that there would be. Here's what you said:
This may well be vet visits increase during the moon's fullness.
"This may well be ... increases". You don't say "there are". You say "may well be". In other words, you're uncertain, so it's a guess. Since it was clearly a guess, I didn't ask for a citation.
this is not the case.
[citation needed]In fact, I see none of the requested citations for any of those previous claims, either. At best, anecdotes.
Instead, you added a new claim and cited another thread in this forum, which includes gems like:
Since the dawn of history, the Moon has possessed an almost unequalled hold over the imagination of man, provoking by turns fascination and even worship.
Among the earliest of cultures to recognise the power of Moonlight were Assyria and Babylonia, who considered it to have an notable effect on the fertility of women, though whether this was a positive or negative effect is unknown.
Nobody questions that ancient people were superstitious. They had no clue why a lot of the things they observed happened, and often feared it. They worshiped and feared all manner of things since they simply knew no better. Some people still do.
That's why science is valuable. It helps us understand (instead of blindly fearing and idly speculating about) nature.
Can you cite anything reliable?