AWAKE AT NIGHT
The ground is alive with activity at night. Nocturnal
animals sleep all day and awaken when you’re in
bed. They scurry around to find food in the moonlight.
Furtive foragers
Small creatures often forage
(search) for food, such as berries,
at night. It is safer in the dark
because it’s harder for
predators to see them.
Giant centipedes
are deadly
insect hunters.
Beetles hunt
juicy caterpillars
and grubs.
Mice forage for
meals of nuts
and fruit.
Ground hunters
Ground hunters rest through the
day in damp, dark places such as
underneath rocks. They emerge at
night to hunt nocturnal foragers.
Antlion larvae
(young) dig pits
that trap ants
to eat.
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