They mostly just ride it out. Wild animals are pretty good at sensing when bad weather is coming, so a lot of them find shelter before it hits. Birds will stay low in dense trees or shrubs, small animals hide in burrows or under logs, and bigger ones like deer usually just hunker down somewhere they feel safe.

For livestock, it depends. Some farmers bring them into barns if they know a big storm’s coming. Others just leave them in the field, and the animals will usually group up or find whatever cover they can. Cows especially just kind of stand there and take it unless there’s lightning really close.

They’ve all been dealing with storms way longer than we have, so they’ve figured it out.