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2naSalit

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9. Just 'cause wiki says so

Sun Nov 17, 2013, 02:40 PM

Nov 2013

It isn't the end all info...

apparently they do come out in the daytime.

And there are other examples on that site.

As with many wild animals that are said to be active at specific times of the day/night/dusk/dawn, there are many instances that are not in keeping with that info. I see owls in mid-day, foxes, pine martens and other allegedly dawn/dusk active animals.

I'm not disputing that there could be a problem with the animal the OP refers to but I would caution against "carved in stone" presumptions about their activity.

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