Nocturnal Animals Owl This bird waits listens and

Nocturnal Animals

Owl This bird waits, listens and watches for prey then swoops down.

Badgers live in setts under the ground and come out at night. They have very poor eyesight and very good sense of smell and hearing.

Fox The red fox has is more active at night and it likes to hunt alone. Photo courtesy of normailityrelief (@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence -

Night monkey This night monkey has big brown eyes, helping his ability to be active at night. They are called night monkeys because they are the only truly nocturnal monkey. Photo courtesy of Golly. Gforce (@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence -

Cats Some cats like to go out at night. They can hunt and some cats climb trees. Photo courtesy of William Warby (@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence -

Bat Most bats are active at night. Bats locate their prey by means of sonar, so they do not need daylight in order to hunt. Photo courtesy of Andy Morffew (@flickr. com) - granted under creative commons licence -

Hedgehog Most hedgehogs are active at night. They love to sniff out worms and slugs.

Hamsters are nocturnal. They sleep during the day and are very active at night. They feed at night.

Toads like to sing at night. They make noises with their throats to attract a mate. They also feed at night.

Would you like to be nocturnal? Would you be happy to do these things late at night? Look at a book. Get out of bed Exercise Sleep Eat food Brush your teeth

Challenge 1 - Can you draw your own nocturnal picture? Challenge 2 - Now use the night time word mat to copy the words.