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The Acropolis had been scheduled for the treatment too, but apparently it was to take place at the time of the full moon when the Athenians themselves, out of respect for the natural beauty of the occasion, were wont to forgo their own usual nocturnal illumination.
The dark forms moved like mourners on some nocturnal pilgrimage, their dirge unsung for want of vocal chords.
The usually nocturnal Cuban tree frog ( Osteopilus septentrionalis ) produces a rain call when there is rainfall during daylight hours.
Many amphibians are nocturnal and hide during the day, thereby avoiding diurnal predators that hunt by sight.
The nocturnal chinchillas, two threatened members of the rodent order, inhabit the Andes ' alpine regions.
After his death, Pablo Picasso, fascinated with Jarry, acquired his pistol and wore it on his nocturnal expeditions in Paris, and later bought many of his manuscripts as well as executing a fine drawing of him.
The stiyaha or kwi-kwiyai were a nocturnal race that children were told not to say the names of lest the monsters hear and come to carry off a person — sometimes to be killed.
The western or lowland bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus, is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate and among the largest of the African forest antelope species.
The nocturnal hunter is known for its chilling screech and has long been associated with agricultural activities in Ireland, attracted to the rodent activity around grain stores and barns.
The four species include the leopard snake ( locally known as Ochendra ), the Balkan whip snake ( locally called Dendrogallia ), the dice snake ( called Nerofido in Greek ), and the only venomous snake is the nocturnal cat snake which has evolved to deliver its venom in to geckos and small lizards and is not dangerous to humans.
They were once essentially diurnal, but have adapted to more nocturnal behavior with pressure from humans.
Han demands Williams to tell him who else was outside ( since his ' spy ' Mei Ling had failed to report Lee's nocturnal actions to Han ).
* Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy ( ADNFLE ) is an idiopathic localization-related epilepsy that is an inherited epileptic disorder that causes seizures during sleep.
Felids are generally secretive animals, are often nocturnal, and live in relatively inaccessible habitats.
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