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Clean Plunge principle

Lessons from Black-naped Tern

Trust the angle.

Reef-Water Precision Dive

Black-naped Tern (Sterna sumatrana) featured animal image on AnimalDex

Core lesson

A light body can do sharp work when it trusts the angle.

Biological basis

Black-naped Terns forage over tropical reef and coastal waters, using agile flight and plunge-diving to catch small fish.

Best use cases

Where this lesson tends to be most useful in practice.

PrecisionClean actionLightnessDivingReef focus

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