Animal Qualities
Flash the tongue.
Animals grouped here express a similar quality through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.
3 species
Species principle: Bluff
Flash the tongue.
A sudden signal can end a fight before it begins.
Blue-tongued Skinks use a bright blue tongue display, body flattening, hissing, and open-mouth postures to startle or warn predators when threatened.
Species principle: Hood Bluff
Widen the warning.
A well-timed warning can make danger hesitate before force is needed.
False Water Cobras flatten the neck in a cobra-like display and use size, movement, and rear-fanged venom as part of their defensive and predatory strategy.
Species principle: Territorial Bluff
Open wide.
Defend the small space that keeps your life intact.
Sarcastic Fringeheads occupy shelters such as crevices or shells and use dramatic mouth-gaping contests to settle territorial disputes.
