Animals at night

Most of us imagine that the main activities of animals at night consist of chasing and capturing their prey. To a certain extent this is true. Many animals seek and find their food at night. Owls pick up mice; tigers go out to feed upon animals which they have caught and stowed away earlier. But there are other activities at night. Animals play at night. Raccoons, for example, play and gambol, as our pet dogs do in our garden. Male animals can be observed courting the females of their species. Spiders and toads court and mate at night; such behaviors has been observed by animal watcher.