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Nocturnal dinosaurs: Night vision and superb hearing in a small theropod suggest it was a moonlight predator The Conversation 2 days ago Jonah Choiniere, Senior Researcher in Dinosaur Palaentology, University of the Witwatersrand, Lars Schmitz, Associate Professor of Biology, Scripps College, and Roger Benson, Professor of Palaeobiology, University of Oxford © Mick Ellison/American Natural History Museum Fossils of Shuvuuia deserti depict a small predatory creature with exceptional night vision and hearing. Today, barn owls, bats, leopards and many other animals rely on their keen senses to live and hunt under the dim light of stars. These nighttime specialists avoid the competition of daylight hours, hunting their prey under the cloak of darkness, often using a combination of night vision and acute hearing.

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