"We've enough daylight left, I think, to bring them back before any of the nocturnal predators you told me about emerge from their lairs."
Consequently, they were easy prey for these efficient, nocturnal predators.
Soon they were alone with the mangroves, the purling water, and the nocturnal predators.
Kelly hoped there were no small nocturnal predators abroad, not when they didn't wish to draw attention to themselves.
Tigers are thought to be nocturnal predators, hunting at night.
Despite being mostly a nocturnal predator, tigers attack humans in daytime.
The nocturnal predator feeds mainly on other fish and crabs.
The beast was like a lantern held in the dark to keep nocturnal predators at bay.
But that had its own problems, because of the terrain and the nocturnal predators.
There was a rustle in the night, as of some winged nocturnal predator.