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Moonlight shapes how some animals move, grow and even sing

Behavior can be tied to the lunar phases

GUIDING LIGHT  Moonlight affects animals in many different ways. For wildebeests (one shown), which are vulnerable to nocturnal attacks by lions, moonlight can be an indicator of how dangerous the coming evening will be. 

Mario Moreno/Alamy Stock Photo

By Erin Wayman

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