Nocturnal animals are ones that are awake during the night and asleep during the day.
You might
think that’s a little silly – can you imagine getting up in the dark to play with your friends and eat
your dinner? But that is how nocturnal animals live. Read on to find out more about these fascinating
beasts.
Fox Hedgehog
Foxes can live in forests, cities or even in the Hedgehogs are prickly creatures! They have
snow (those foxes are called ‘Arctic’ foxes). between 5000 and 7000 spines, which are
They eat small mammals, as well as fruit, and made of the same material as our fingernails.
they have whiskers all over their body – not
just on their face!
Badgers Bats
Badgers live underground in a home called a Did you know that bats are the only mammals
‘sett’, but they come out as soon as it is dark that can fly? There are over 1000 types of
to look for food. They can’t see very well, but bat, including the fruit bat, the micro bat and
they are good at smelling. the blood-sucking vampire bat!
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Questions
1. What does ‘nocturnal’ mean?
2. Look at the section about foxes.
Which of the following statements are true? Tick the correct statements.
Foxes have whiskers all over their body.
Foxes live in the sea.
Foxes make good pets.
Foxes eat fruit.
3. Match the animals to the statements. One has been done for you.
Fox can’t see very well
Badger has 5000-7000 spines
Bat can fly
Hedgehog sometimes lives in the city
4. What are hedgehog spines made out of?
5. Find and copy the name of a badger’s home.
6. What fact do you know about the vampire bat?
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Answers
1. What does ‘nocturnal’ mean?
Animals that are awake during the night and asleep during the day.
2. Look at the section about foxes.
Which of the following statements are true? Tick the correct statements.
Foxes have whiskers all over their body.
Foxes live in the sea.
Foxes make good pets.
Foxes eat fruit.
3. Match the animals to the statements. One has been done for you.
Fox can’t see very well
Badger has 5000-7000 spines
Bat can fly
Hedgehog sometimes lives in the city
4. What are hedgehog spines made out of?
the same material as our fingernails
5. Find and copy the name of a badger’s home.
sett
6. What fact do you know about the vampire bat?
It sucks blood.
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