Amy arrived at the empty lot just before sundown, when the ________Crepuscular____________ animals began to emerge from the forest to feed in the grassy field.
Crepuscular is derived from twilight (a latin word ) and is used to describe animals that are active just when the sun is rising or setting that is at dawn or dusk. Animals who are crepuscular are believed to have evolved like this majorly to prevent predators, or to prevent the scorching sun's heat on them. Some of them are The ungulates (mule ,deer) , jack rabbits, bison, rattlesnakes, beavers, humming birds etc.
