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The specific epithet coturnix is the Latin word for the common quail. [3] This species is now placed in the genus Coturnix that was introduced in 1764 by the French naturalist François Alexandre Pierre de Garsault. [4] [5] [6] The common quail was formerly considered to be conspecific with the Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica). [7]
Humans vary in their susceptibility; only one in four people who consumed quail soup containing the toxin fell ill. It is apparently fat-soluble, as potatoes fried in quail fat are also poisonous. [3] Coniine from hemlock consumed by quail has been suggested as the cause of coturnism, [4] though quail resist eating hemlock. [3]
Its sense accordingly differs from diurnal and nocturnal behavior, which respectively peak during hours of daytime and night. The distinction is not absolute, because crepuscular animals may also be active on a bright moonlit night or on a dull day. Some animals casually described as nocturnal are in fact crepuscular. [2]
Nocturnal luminosity has been found to positively correlate with the amount of nocturnal activity and negatively correlate with diurnal activity. In other words, an animal's activity distribution may be somewhat dependent on the presence of the lunar disc and the fraction of illuminated moon in relation to sunset and sunrise times.
The usual advice for humans attempting to survive an attack by a brown bear is to lie face down, cover the face with one's hands/arms/elbows, and 'play dead'. [ 17 ] Thanatosis has also been observed in many invertebrates such as the wasp Nasonia vitripennis , [ 18 ] and the cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus .
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.
human subjects. In a wild mash-up of "Little Red Riding-Hood," Carter's "The Werewolf" follows a girl who chops off a wolf's paw. Once severed, it transforms into her grandmother's ringed hand, revealing the old woman's true identity as a mythical creature.
The brown quail's wings produce a whistling noise when flushed, which is different from the whirring sound produced by the stubble quail's wings. [9] The plains-wanderer is a highly endangered native species that looks very similar to the stubble quail but can be distinguished by its long yellow legs that can be observed during flight. [ 2 ]