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Nocturnal animals are the type who come into action during the night hours. Owl, red fox, skunk and bats come under this category. The behavioral patterns exhibited by animals and birds act like man. The phrase 'nocturnal' refers to the preference of sleeping throughout the day and remaining awake and active during the night.



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Based on the sleep pattern, animals have been broadly classified into three categories -- Diurnal means those animals who remain active throughout the day, Crepuscular implies those animals who're very active at dawn and dusk, and lastly the Nocturnal animals are those who are awake at night hours as well as stay active during that time. While many with the animals fall inside the first category, a number of them, like flying squirrel and mink, are quite active during dawn and dusk.



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The nocturnal behavior exhibited by certain animals is because of the reason that it firstly adds a variety towards the animal kingdom and secondly, they're designed for bringing ecological good balance to the surroundings. Nocturnal behaviors are usually observed in the animals of the desert regions because nocturnal activities increase osmoregulation.



There are some of the nocturnal animals including sea turtles and sea birds that would rather make trips towards the breeding grounds during the night to reduce the probability of predation. These animals adjust to the nocturnal pattern in order to safeguard themselves in addition to their offsprings. Otherwise, they're diurnal animals.



A lot of the nocturnal animals' senses are incredibly strong. Their senses of smelling, hearing as well as sight are specially heightened to meet the night illumination requirements. There are a few exceptional nocturnal animals whose a feeling of sight is easily adapted to day too night illumination, whereas there are some like bush-babies and bats whose night vision is only strong at nights making them active only throughout the night hours. They often burrow deep and sleep during these burrows through the whole day after which get up during the night to hunt.

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