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  2. Aposematism - Wikipedia

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    The bright colours of this granular poison frog signal a warning to predators of its toxicity. The honey badger 's reverse countershading makes it conspicuous, honestly signalling its ability to defend itself through its aggressive temperament and its sharp teeth and claws.

  3. Nocturnality - Wikipedia

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    The common adjective is "nocturnal", versus diurnal meaning the opposite. Nocturnal creatures generally have highly developed senses of hearing, smell, and specially adapted eyesight. [1] Some animals, such as cats and ferrets, have eyes that can adapt to both low-level and bright day levels of illumination (see metaturnal).

  4. Paksha - Wikipedia

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    Shukla Paksha refers to the bright lunar fortnight or waxing moon in the Hindu calendar. Shukla (Sanskrit: शुक्ल) is a Sanskrit word for "white" or "bright". The Shukla Paksha is a period of 15 days, which begins after the amavasya (new moon) day and culminating on purnima (full moon) day and is considered auspicious.

  5. Phosphene - Wikipedia

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    Experiences include a darkening of the visual field that moves against the rubbing, a diffuse colored patch that also moves against the rubbing, well defined shapes such as bright circles that exist near or opposite to where pressure is being applied, [6] a scintillating and ever-changing and deforming light grid with occasional dark spots ...

  6. Darkness - Wikipedia

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    The Creation of Light by Gustave Doré. Darkness is the condition resulting from a lack of illumination, or an absence of visible light.. Human vision is unable to distinguish colors in conditions of very low luminance because the hue-sensitive photoreceptor cells on the retina are inactive when light levels are insufficient, in the range of visual perception referred to as scotopic vision.

  7. Heliophobia - Wikipedia

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    Other medical conditions such as keratoconus (an eye disorder that results in extreme optic sensitivity to sunlight and bright lights), migraine which can be triggered by bright light, and porphyria cutanea tarda, which causes the skin to be overly sensitive to sunlight to the point of causing blisters, can result in heliophobia if the sufferer ...

  8. Spectral color - Wikipedia

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    A rainbow is a decomposition of white light into all of the spectral colors. Laser beams are monochromatic light, thereby exhibiting spectral colors. A spectral color is a color that is evoked by monochromatic light, i.e. either a spectral line with a single wavelength or frequency of light in the visible spectrum, or a relatively narrow spectral band (e.g. lasers).

  9. Sexual dimorphism - Wikipedia

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    The opposite of dimorphism is monomorphism, ... The bright coloration in the male population attracts females and is an aposematic sign to potential predators.