Animal Powers
Open the ribs.
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: Rib-Wing Leap
Open the ribs.
Agility grows when the body turns falling into directed movement.
Draco flying lizards glide between trees using wing-like membranes supported by elongated ribs, steering through forest canopy spaces.
Species principle: Canopy Song
Sing through branches.
A voice travels farther when the body is built for open branches.
Silvery Gibbons move through forest canopies by brachiation and use loud calls to communicate, maintain pair bonds, and mark territories.
Species principle: Membrane Crossing
Trust the membrane.
Transition becomes graceful when the body is built for the gap.
Colugos have broad gliding membranes that allow long controlled glides between trees in tropical forests.
Species principle: Canopy Glide
Shape the fall.
Adaptation is the art of using the drop instead of fearing it.
Wallace’s Flying Frogs have large webbed feet and skin flaps that help them glide between trees in tropical forests.
