Do nocturnal animals exist in those areas that have prolonged periods of daylight?

Maybe our Swedish buddy oratio knows this one.

Oh, Harp is on it. He’ll know.

@Harp. Can you bake them in chocolate?

The arctic fox is mostly nocturnal, but not strictly.

@janbb I’m vegetarian, but I hear they’re lovely in a chocolate moose.

You do realise that this question could be asked in reverse right? In places like Alaska, there may not be a bright day for months too. I could simply flip the tables around and ask whether diurnal animals exist in those areas that have prolonged periods of darkness.

@Saturated_Brain true, but that would also have to include the extreme winter along with the prolonged darkness.

Some nocturnal creature do exist in such condition,they’re naturally nocturnal but not completely specialize in nocturne lifestyle(some creature/nocturnal creature are just opportunistic),so they adapt to live and hunt in daylight but prefer to hunt at night when they’re given the chance(ex:red fox,cougar,coyote,etc). Hibernation term is only for creature that can’t stand the ever changing temperature(winter/freezing season) not to avoid daylight,they simply adapt themselves.

According to this, some, if not most, animals lose their circadian rhythms during periods of continuous light or dark. One exception is the porcupine (nocturnal), which somehow maintains its rhythm without the light/dark cycles by which circadian rhythm is usually set.

I’m diurnal. I can still sleep during the day.

theyll probably migrate somewhere….. .

Yes . . . like bats would be holed up in caves during daylight…

Animals of the polar regions are adapted to both type of conditions.They hibetnate during the harsh winters and when the ice starts melting a bit they come out in search of food.Take the example of polar bears.They can roam during the daytime and they also do have substancial amount of night vision to roam during nights.Like wise the some ice foxes and creatures of the polar region are adapted in a way that makes them able predators during daytime as well as during night.

Many polar nocturnals are sometimes observed in daylight, but those on the ground such as the arctic fox and porcupine often burrow and hibernate. The owl, normally nocturnal, will often hunt in the twighlight periods during the arctic summer.