April 12, 2004
Word Note from the Dog Pack
David Schuler, an interesting blogger with a lot of critters, writes:
Starting a little after 10:00am until around 3:00pm is quiet time in the dog pack. Everyone sleeps.Crepuscular is a word I've encountered many times, but I never knew what it meant. I just inferred a meaning from the context! Posted by John Weidner at April 12, 2004 04:58 PM | TrackBackHuman beings are diurnal. We feel most energetic during the day. Cats are nocturnal. They are most active at night. Dogs along with deer and rabbits are crepuscular (from Latin creper, dark). They are most active at dawn and dusk....
I would have sworn that Cats are active during both day and night. Live and Learn...
Posted by: Andrew Cory at April 12, 2004 05:10 PMMy cat is active whenever she damn well feels like it. Usually it's "when the human is just about to drop off to sleep." I don't know if there is a Latin-derived term for that.
Posted by: Andrea Harris at April 12, 2004 06:55 PMEver heard of "crepuscular" rays? Those are shafts of sunlight cast against a backdrop of dark cloud.
At the moment, the best use of the adjective might be "crepuscular France." Sounds like a disease.
Posted by: Alan Sullivan at April 14, 2004 11:50 AM
