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Body Fit

Dance sideways.

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

Coquerel's Sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Coquerel's Sifaka

Species principle: Sideways Grace

Dance sideways.

Unusual movement becomes perfect when it matches the body that makes it.

Coquerel’s Sifakas leap vertically between trees and move across the ground with distinctive sideways hopping, using powerful hind limbs.

Dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Dibatag

Species principle: High Browsing

Reach the dry leaf.

A special place rewards the body shaped for its scarce food.

Dibatags are arid-land antelopes with long necks and legs, feeding on leaves and shoots in dry shrublands where food can be sparse and elevated.

Silvery Lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Silvery Lutung

Species principle: Dietary Fit

Fit the leaf.

A narrow diet becomes strength when the body is built for it.

Silvery Lutungs are leaf-eating primates with digestive adaptations for processing foliage and social arboreal lives in mangroves and forests.

Turtle Ant animal lesson image on AnimalDex

Turtle Ant

Species principle: Door-Head Defense

Become the door.

Protection improves when the boundary has a shape made for the threat.

Turtle Ant soldiers use enlarged, shield-like heads to block nest entrances and protect colonies living in narrow tree cavities.

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