like cats sleep during the day and come to life at night...and humans are the opposite....so what would we be called?
2007-03-24 12:23:14 · 10 answers · asked by blue october 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
diurnal
2007-03-24 12:27:51 · answer #1 · answered by Jeffrey W 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
There's another distinct "phase" of activity too - apart from diurnal and nocturnal - which is best exemplified by marsupials (like the Kangaroo, wallaby and echidna), many bats and some insects which inhabit my country, Australia.
A lot of these creatures aren't nocturnal and a lot of Australia's just too damn hot during the day to be active. So they've developed a system or "phase" called "crepuscular" which means that most of their activity occurs at first light (plus maybe a couple of hours); then again for an hour or so at dusk. The word "crepuscular" is from the Latin "creper" which means "obscure"....
Love and Light,
Jarrah
btw...the origins of the word "diurnal" are Old English ("tiwes" meaning "daytime") and it's where we get the word "Tuesday" as well...
2007-03-25 00:58:18 · answer #2 · answered by jarrah_fortytwo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nocturnal means to be active at night, the opposite is diurnal, which means to be active during the day
2007-03-25 08:12:08 · answer #3 · answered by RG 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called diurnal
2007-03-31 10:31:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called diurnal.
2007-03-24 15:13:40 · answer #5 · answered by tooldaddy2003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being awake in the day, such as human.
2007-03-24 13:20:03 · answer #6 · answered by grunge_is_dead 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diurnal
2007-03-27 10:42:16 · answer #7 · answered by sisterwulfe69 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diurnal
the same question has been asked on here before..
2007-03-24 12:32:26 · answer #8 · answered by Jo Blo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
happy little chickens
2007-03-25 11:50:55 · answer #9 · answered by Breezy3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
being happy
2007-03-24 12:30:22 · answer #10 · answered by howsitgoingeh2003 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋