Crepuscular
adjective
Active in twilight or at dusk and dawn.
Bats are crepuscular animals as they are most active during twilight hours.
Often appears as...
- crepuscular animals
- crepuscular rays
adjective
Refers to the atmospheric light rays appearing to radiate from the point in the sky where the sun is located.
The crepuscular rays poured through the gaps in the tree canopy.
Often appears as...
- crepuscular rays
- crepuscular light
adjective
Active in twilight or at dusk and dawn.
Bats are crepuscular animals as they are most active during twilight hours.
Often appears as...
- crepuscular animals
- crepuscular rays
adjective
Refers to the atmospheric light rays appearing to radiate from the point in the sky where the sun is located.
The crepuscular rays poured through the gaps in the tree canopy.
Often appears as...
- crepuscular rays
- crepuscular light
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Pro Tip 1/3Animals and Time
Crepuscular creatures are most active during twilight, unlike nocturnal or diurnal ones.
Deer are another example of crepuscular animals, often seen at dawn and dusk.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dark
Crepuscular doesn't mean active at night, but specifically during the soft light of dawn and dusk.
Though owls are thought to be crepuscular, many are actually nocturnal.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Crepuscular animals can be hard to spot because of the low light during their active hours.
Photographing crepuscular species requires skill due to the dim lighting conditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Animals and Time
Crepuscular creatures are most active during twilight, unlike nocturnal or diurnal ones.
Deer are another example of crepuscular animals, often seen at dawn and dusk.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dark
Crepuscular doesn't mean active at night, but specifically during the soft light of dawn and dusk.
Though owls are thought to be crepuscular, many are actually nocturnal.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Crepuscular animals can be hard to spot because of the low light during their active hours.
Photographing crepuscular species requires skill due to the dim lighting conditions.
Pro Tip 1/3Animals and Time
Crepuscular creatures are most active during twilight, unlike nocturnal or diurnal ones.
Deer are another example of crepuscular animals, often seen at dawn and dusk.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Dark
Crepuscular doesn't mean active at night, but specifically during the soft light of dawn and dusk.
Though owls are thought to be crepuscular, many are actually nocturnal.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Visible
Crepuscular animals can be hard to spot because of the low light during their active hours.
Photographing crepuscular species requires skill due to the dim lighting conditions.
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Video examples
Wolves in Yellowstone,...
wolves are want to notice crepuscular animals and those are animals that are active around sunrise and sunset will sleep in the middle day and sleep in the real night and so here's your wildlife watching any sort especially for was going at those early morning late evening hours really help
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Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
hunters but when it's very hot they'll really be active in crepuscular time so dusk and dawn but very efficient hunters probably the most successful out of all the predators when they hunt they are always well generally successful they pull down medium to large sized prey
Video examples
This Platypus Can Glow...
picture of a platypus and this one's foraging when it's down underneath the water and what do you notice about its eyes hmm they're crazy they're closed so here you've got a crepuscular that means it comes out in the evening or nocturnal comes out at
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Safari Live - Day 65 PIPE...
would love to show it to you hey you marching about of course it's nice and cool and getting towards evening time which is when the Rhino are their most active they are essentially crepuscular they spend most of the morning and the
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Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
not sure of the outside world and often scoots back to the den for safety actually hyenas calling in the distance which was pretty awesome and so we are getting to that crepuscular period now where everything is so interesting to
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Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
in listening to the bush around us very similar to the mornings changed from day to night to night to day this crepuscular hour is quite astounding in terms of what you can all of a sudden start hearing a lot more birds making a
Video examples
Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
So they've got teeth and sharp claws, but ultimately a human would be able to overpower a red panda. Can red pandas see in the dark? As a crepuscular species, Which means they come out early morning and sort of later in the
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Otters Have a Favourite...
being a crepuscular animal they are mostly active at dusk and dawn this is when they will search for their food and being a member of the carnival family you would think that they would hunt for
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Safari Live - Day 230 PIPE...
and there goes the honey badger there Paula honey badgers are regarded as crepuscular so active at dusk and dawn but then none of these animals really fits into their category if that weather
Video examples
The 5 Musketeers Have an...
now we're heading into a cheetah's favorite time of the day to hunt they won't hunt at any time of the day like all big cats they're opportunists but the crepuscular hours so the hours
Video examples
Wolves in Yellowstone,...
wolves are want to notice crepuscular animals and those are animals that are active around sunrise and sunset will sleep in the middle day and sleep in the real night and so here's your wildlife watching any sort especially for was going at those early morning late evening hours really help
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 296 PIPE...
hunters but when it's very hot they'll really be active in crepuscular time so dusk and dawn but very efficient hunters probably the most successful out of all the predators when they hunt they are always well generally successful they pull down medium to large sized prey
Video examples
This Platypus Can Glow...
picture of a platypus and this one's foraging when it's down underneath the water and what do you notice about its eyes hmm they're crazy they're closed so here you've got a crepuscular that means it comes out in the evening or nocturnal comes out at
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 65 PIPE...
would love to show it to you hey you marching about of course it's nice and cool and getting towards evening time which is when the Rhino are their most active they are essentially crepuscular they spend most of the morning and the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 234 PIPE...
not sure of the outside world and often scoots back to the den for safety actually hyenas calling in the distance which was pretty awesome and so we are getting to that crepuscular period now where everything is so interesting to
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 27 PIPE...
in listening to the bush around us very similar to the mornings changed from day to night to night to day this crepuscular hour is quite astounding in terms of what you can all of a sudden start hearing a lot more birds making a
Video examples
Are Red Pandas Friendly?...
So they've got teeth and sharp claws, but ultimately a human would be able to overpower a red panda. Can red pandas see in the dark? As a crepuscular species, Which means they come out early morning and sort of later in the
Video examples
Otters Have a Favourite...
being a crepuscular animal they are mostly active at dusk and dawn this is when they will search for their food and being a member of the carnival family you would think that they would hunt for
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 230 PIPE...
and there goes the honey badger there Paula honey badgers are regarded as crepuscular so active at dusk and dawn but then none of these animals really fits into their category if that weather
Video examples
The 5 Musketeers Have an...
now we're heading into a cheetah's favorite time of the day to hunt they won't hunt at any time of the day like all big cats they're opportunists but the crepuscular hours so the hours
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Quote examples
Christopher Hitchens
American Author
A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular.
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Christopher Hitchens
American Author
I'm crepuscular.
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Christopher Hitchens
American Author
A good day is one where I can not just read a book, but write a review of it. Maybe today I'll be able to do that. I get for some reason somewhat stronger when the sun starts to go down. Dusk is a good time for me. I'm crepuscular.
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Christopher Hitchens
American Author
I'm crepuscular.
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