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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).
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.
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.
It is unusual in being one of the few diurnal (daytime) marsupials.
It is unusual in being one of the few diurnal (daytime) marsupials.