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Nocturnal animals (animal which sleep during the day and come out at night) tend to have wide pupils and lot of rods in their retinas. Suggest reasons for this.

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Wide pupils allow more light to enter the eye during night ; Rod cells in the retina are sensitive to dim light and hence help in seeing properly at night.
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