Sentences with phrase «nocturnal by»

Nocturnal by habit and highly prized as food item by many Belizeans, the gibnut is more apt to be seen by the visitor on an occasional restaurant menu than in the wild.

«Cats are nocturnal by nature, and we are starting to see more toys for cats featuring lights,» she says.

Besides, cats are nocturnal by nature, so making an effort to find and feed them at night just makes sense.

Elegant and eye - catching, the Great Pyrenees is a great guard dog, who also happens to be nocturnal by nature.

Just as we are getting ready to plop down on the sofa after a long day of work, cats — nocturnal by nature — are revving up for playtime.

Nocturnal by nature, they grow to nearly a foot in length and thrive in glass tanks with rocks to climb on, a shallow dish of water to soak in, and a moist cave or hide box.

Nocturnal By Nature: Cats, when removed from their regular food source (become lost) instinctively revert to being active only at night.

Hamsters come in several different varieties, live for about three years, and are nocturnal by nature.

Until their domestication cats were nocturnal by nature, so it's easy to see why too much nighttime action is a common complaint of many new pet parents.

Cats are nocturnal by nature so they may be keeping you up at night.

Not exact matches

The medicine, developed by a New Haven biotech firm named Alexion, is called Soliris and it's important to note that it genuinely helps many of those who have one of two rare and often fatal blood disorders — paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) and atypical hemolytic - uremic syndrome (aHUS).

Crucifixion, be it the cross of Jesus or the nocturnal Golgotha of Auschwitz, breaks the moral continuities by which we have considered ourselves secure and whole.

The zoo's paca isn't tempted into view by a handful of carrots, and even if he weren't a nocturnal rodent, one couldn't blame him.

At night be lulled to sleep by a symphony of crickets, frogs and nocturnal birds.

There are two types of bed wetting or the term used by the medical profession is nocturnal enuresis (EN - YOU - REE - SIS).

Nocturnal enuresis is the involuntary urination while sleeping by a person who would normally be able to control urination at their age.

Yet, throwing up due to the stress of nocturnal abandonment doesn't constitute a sign of physical illness and parents are advised by proponents of «total extinction» CIO to clean up the vomit promptly without touching the child or displaying emotion.

(The only way the lefties will prevent this is by having a good nocturnal fiddle with the ballet boxes between the UK Thursday vote and the pan-European count on the Sunday.)

Much like the nocturnal nuisance he read about aloud, De Blasio's moral compass has been questioned by critics.

The lakes can be broadly classified as «clearwater,» in which full - spectrum light passes relatively unimpeded, or «blackwater,» in which most of the visible light is absorbed by dissolved tannins, creating an almost nocturnal environment with only dim, red - shifted light filtering in from above.

Jurassic forests were probably noisy places at night — there is evolutionary evidence that frogs were croaking by this time, and fossils suggest some Jurassic dinosaurs were nocturnal.

This light blocks our view of the night sky and stars, creates glare hazards on roads, messes with our circadian sleep - wake rhythms, interrupts the patterns of nocturnal wildlife, and is by and large annoying.

In the study that is now being published in the scientific journal SLEEP, sleep researchers Jonathan Cedernaes and Christian Benedict, sought to investigate the role of nocturnal sleep duration for this memory transfer, and how long - term memories formed by sleep remain accessible after acute cognitive stress.

Now, a team has shown that nocturnal grey mouse lemurs appear to do the same, even though lemurs are reared exclusively by their mothers (BMC Ecology, doi.org/jvx).

It's much like an after - image on a human eye, caused by «burning» in an image, in this case caused by the excessive amount of light from the tail light in relation to the extreme sensitivity of the videdochip that's making these nocturnal images.

They found that species that have evolved noxious sprays as a defense, such as skunks, tend to be nocturnal and subject to predation by other mammals, whereas socially vigilant species, such as mongooses, tend to be diurnal and at risk of predation by birds of prey.

To test this, the team studied the strategy of the nocturnal European catfish as it stalked swimming guppies in a test aquarium illuminated only by infrared light, in which catfish can not see.

The mutant mice not only failed to follow the strict eat - by - night, sleep - by - day schedule of normally nocturnal mice, they also became overweight and developed diabetes.

The nocturnal moths are attracted by floral volatiles, but also visit flowers without scent.

We can tell when an animal is most active by looking at its eyes: big ones are a sign of nocturnal habits, while smaller eyes indicate an animal is active during the day, or diurnal.

Halloween may be over for another year, but citizen scientists can still help their professional peers better understand these nocturnal creatures by listening to recordings and identifying different bat calls.

By this logic, the most acute sense of smell in Steiger's menagerie belongs to the kakapo, a rare nocturnal parrot indigenous to New Zealand.

Although some continue to believe nightmares reduce psychological tensions by letting the brain act out its fears, recent research suggests that nocturnal torments are more likely to increase anxiety in waking life.

So a Mexican ecology graduate student spent 1.5 years traipsing through that country, combing through dense jungles and braving areas controlled by drug cartels to net more than 900 of the nocturnal creatures.

«Not acting is not an option because the life histories of these flying, nocturnal mammals — characterized by long generation times and low reproductive rates — mean that population recovery is unlikely for decades or even centuries, if at all,» said McCracken.

Such delightful details fill Ekirch's narrative of the night, which examines nocturnal habits from lamp lighting to dividing the night into first and second sleeps, broken by periods devoted to chores, reading, and eating.

Flowers that don't emit a scent are also visited by hawk moths Until now, scientists thought that flowers which don't produce floral volatiles are invisible to nocturnal pollinators, such as hawk moths.

-- While the main symptom of nocturnal leg cramps is the inability to move your leg (s), the restless leg syndrome is characterised by uncontrollable urge to move your legs.

By night, the full - size STEM CELLULAR ™ Anti-Wrinkle Overnight Cream contains olive - derived squalane and nocturnal flower extracts of evening primrose & sacred lily to work all night to help reduce the appearance of deep lines & wrinkles while sleeping.

I was going strictly by how sexually voracious I felt (a fancy way to say horny), how often I woke up with nocturnal penile tumescence (aka NPT, aka morning wood), and how intense and long lasting my erections were throughout the day when I wasn't engaging in any sexual activity.

Travel articles focusing on nightlife, trends, culture and eco-tourism authored by expert travel writers, headed up by experienced travel journalist and editor Duncan Rhodes, who report on trends, experiences, festivals and nocturnal adventures in cities around Europe.

The green door is Emerald (I think) by Behr and the adirondack chairs are Nocturnal Sea — by Behr I think.

The powerful elixir works with the skin's natural nocturnal activity — when skin is most receptive to repair from aggressors — to help visibly restore skin by morning.

Travel articles focusing on nightlife, trends, culture and eco-tourism authored by expert travel writers, headed up by experienced travel journalist and editor Duncan Rhodes, who report on trends, experiences, festivals and nocturnal adventures in cities around Europe.

Inspired by nocturnal thrillers such as The Warriors and John Carpenter's Escape from New York, with his»71 the dynamite first - time feature director Yann Demange gives us his take on the Troubles, a violent 30 - year struggle over the constitutional status of Northern Ireland.

The film directed by J.A. Bayona (who will direct Jurassic World 2 next) is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Ness and follows a 12 - year - old boy (Lewis MacDougall) who in dealing with his mother's (Felicity Jones) terminal illness, his less - than sympathetic grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), and bullying classmates, finds a friend in a nocturnal monster (voiced by Liam Neeson).

Motion Picture La La Land Moonlight Manchester by the Sea Lion Jackie Hacksaw Ridge Loving Hell Or High Water Nocturnal Animals Captain Fantastic Hidden Figures Fences

Nocturnal Animals is the new film by Ford, the fashion designer who made his feature directing debut on A Single Man.

In total, the IPA nominated 12 films in its Motion Picture category that also included Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Lion, Jackie, Hacksaw Ridge, Loving, Hell or High Water, Nocturnal Animals, Captain Fantastic, Hidden Figures, and Fences.

Director Barry Jenkins — Moonlight Kenneth Lonergan — Manchester By The Sea Mel Gibson — Hacksaw Ridge Damien Chazelle — La La Land Tom Ford — Nocturnal Animals Pablo Larrain — Jackie Denzel Washington — Fences