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Yeah, thought so. So yeah, not nocturnal - waking up at night. Not diurnal - waking up during the day
so. So yeah, not nocturnal waking up at night, not diurnal waking up during the day.
In fact, a study in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology looked at fossils of primates and found species can be either diurnal (day active) or nocturnal (night active).
and found species can be either diurnal (day active) or nocturnal (night active).
It is unusual in being one of the few diurnal (daytime) marsupials.
It is unusual in being one of the few diurnal (daytime) marsupials.
There's sort of, like, a goldilocks zone, where, you know, I think we're made as diurnal creatures, meaning creatures that are... typically eat during the day.
There's sort of like a Goldilocks zone where I think we're meant as diurnal creatures, meaning creatures that typically eat during the day, you want to eat your last meal about two to three hours before you go to sleep.
nor are they diurnal, which means waking up during the day. They're actually crepuscular animals.
You'll wake up from a cross country flight feeling refreshed because the cabin lights have synced up with your diurnal clock.