What happens to animals when a volcano erupts?

Answer 1

If the animals breath in the volcanic ash it is like they are smoking. To much carbon dioxide is in their lungs, resulting in CO2 poisoning.

Answer

The affects depend on the different types of magma involved. The eruption in Iceland contains high levels of fluorine. The fluorine becomes attached to ash particles which contaminate the grasses on which animals feed. Animals that feed on the contaminated grasses contract flourosis which is a fatal bone decease. It can damage their eyes, teeth, bones and internal organs. At high enough intake, it will result in death. Right now the livestock in Iceland is being kept inside for the season and being fed with dry hay.

Flourosis can affect other animals and humans.

Answer 2

They can get crushed by huge chunks of rock flung out of a volcano or inhale to much dust or smoke and last and least likely burn to death in magma. :)

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The two real killers are pyroclastic flows (fast-moving clouds of very hot, suffocating, toxic gas and dust rushing down the slopes) and lahars (mud-flows from snow-caps being melted rapidly by the eruptions).

Answer 3

Volcanic activity would definitely have an impact on animal life in the surrounding area. Depending on the amount of active volcanos, animals would not really be able to live near volcanos; and if they did, they'd be at a huge risk. I'm not sure how fast lava flows, but I know that it's extremely hot and it wouldn't be good if it came in contact with any living creature.

Answer 4

Either they run away, get rescued, or die.

Answer 5

no they will not

Answer 6

yes if they are close enough..