Animal Powers
Sail the given wind.
Animals grouped here express a similar power through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.
4 species
Species principle: Wind-Carried Sail
Sail the given wind.
Direction can come from accepting the forces already moving you.
By-the-wind Sailors are floating hydrozoans with small sails that let wind and currents carry colonies across the ocean surface.
Species principle: Floating-Leaf Parenthood
Step on leaves.
Family strategy can be unusual and still deeply functional.
Northern Jacanas walk on floating vegetation with long toes, and males often incubate eggs and care for chicks in wetland territories.
Species principle: Surf-Buried Filter
Let waves feed.
Timing improves when you stop chasing and face the flow correctly.
Mole Crabs burrow in sandy surf zones and filter suspended food from incoming waves with feathery antennae.
Species principle: Reversed Shore Role
Spin a new role.
Adaptability becomes freedom when roles are allowed to change.
Red-necked Phalaropes are shorebirds in which females are brighter and males often handle much of incubation and chick care; they spin on water while feeding.
