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Diurnal

Diurnal

Occurring during the day.


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Re: What in the world??!?

... giving ample opportunity to check them out. Additionally, it has eyes typical of a nocturnal moth (refracting superposition compound eye) but is diurnal. Because they do their business in the daytime, their eyes have evolved to include qualities not known in any other superposition eye. As a ...

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by redheadache
Tue Aug 11, 2009 5:36 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: What in the world??!?
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Cats vs. Humans

... we eat. That all messes with our sleep pattern. I've examined my own sleeping patterns pretty closely since I used to have a totally inexcistant diurnal rhythm when I was younger (computers tend to do that to you). As a result I was always tired. Now in more recent years I've developed a balanced ...

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by mazatael
Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:35 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Cats vs. Humans
Replies: 11
Views: 2999

biological clock

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=diurnal+rhythm+of+plankton&spell=1 Check this

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by sachin
Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:42 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: biological clock
Replies: 13
Views: 1444

biological clock

Ya and also search for plankton....diurnal rythm on google.....

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by sachin
Thu Jan 11, 2007 10:32 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: biological clock
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The Cape Verde Giant Skink: Macroscincus coctei

... development to avoid predation by a native predator long vanished. The predator apparently approached from below. If Macroscincus coctei was diurnal, a clear lower eyelid when sleeping at night would not be as functional since at night depth perception decreases and shadows fade. Bartelia ...

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by Brian - LCRC
Sat Aug 26, 2006 1:18 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: The Cape Verde Giant Skink: Macroscincus coctei
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