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In nocturnal rodents, lesioning the SCN results in more fragmented sleep, with lower EEG delta power, but leaving the daily sleep time unchanged [ 6 7 8 31 ] . Lesioning the SCN in a diurnal primate, the squirrel monkey, did result in an increase in NREMS time, but sleep was more fragmented, with a higher proportion of 'light' NREMS [ 5 ] ; i.e., with lower overall levels of EEG delta power.
Sustained flight permissible if vampire takes the form of a bat, owl, or other authentic nocturnal species.
Food was not removed the night before, and since nocturnal mice are known to eat during the normal period dark cycle employed, the mice could have been fasted 0-6 h at sacrifice.
Lappe, tatou and manicou are nocturnal, living in hollow fallen trees during the day and they forage at night [ 5 ] . Dogs pursing this game would ideally have good night vision, a good sense of smell and cannot be afraid to dive into hollow logs or into water, since lappe often enter their burrows from under water [ 5 ] . Lappe have four longitudinal rows of white spots [ 5 ] . Hunters claim that the plants used to bathe dogs so that they will hunt lappe have similar markings.
Daniel leans toward a technical explanation--that Degas "had solved the problem of the meditative lamp-lit nocturnal portrait."