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  2. Ambush predator - Wikipedia

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    Many nocturnal ambush predators like this leopard cat have vertical pupils, enabling them to judge distance to prey accurately in dim light. [30] Ambush predators must time their strike carefully. They need to detect the prey, assess it as worth attacking, and strike when it is in exactly the right place.

  3. Phrynus longipes - Wikipedia

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    Phrynus longipes are primarily nocturnal, and are considered ambush predators. They feed mostly on small insects and other arthropods as their primary source of food, but occasionally prey upon small vertebrates such as lizards and frogs. Cave populations primarily prey on cockroaches. [1]

  4. Urodacus novaehollandiae - Wikipedia

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    The scorpions are nocturnal ambush predators. They dig spiral burrows up to 1 m deep where they shelter during the day. They dig spiral burrows up to 1 m deep where they shelter during the day. They are known to live until at least 12 years old.

  5. South Australian cobbler - Wikipedia

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    The South Australian cobbler is a nocturnal ambush predator, [6] with the smaller fish feeding mainly on shrimp and small crabs and the larger fish being more piscivorous. [1] It stays motionless during the day. [6] These fishes attain sexual maturity at 2 to 4 years old. [6]

  6. Anuroctonus pococki - Wikipedia

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    [5] [4] California swollen-stinger scorpions are nocturnal ambush predators who mostly wait in their burrows for bypassing prey species. Females dig burrows up to 60 cm (24 in) deep, while burrows created by males are usually 15–20 cm (5.9–7.9 in) underground.

  7. List of nocturnal animals - Wikipedia

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    Crepuscular, a classification of animals that are active primarily during twilight, making them similar to nocturnal animals. Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night.

  8. Agkistrodon contortrix pictigaster - Wikipedia

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    Like all A. contortrix subspecies, A. c. pictigaster is a nocturnal ambush predator. Their diet consists of primarily lizards, frogs, and rodents. Their choice of habitat is the driest among the copperhead subspecies, preferring rocky, lightly vegetated, canyon areas. They are ovoviviparous, giving birth to a litter of up to 8 young in the ...

  9. Japanese angelshark - Wikipedia

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    Feeding on fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans, the Japanese angelshark is a nocturnal ambush predator that spends most of the day lying still on the sea floor. This species gives birth to live young, which are sustained during gestation by yolk. The litter size varies from two to 10.