Animal Qualities
Breathe through the strange.
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.
2 species
Species principle: Harsh-Air Filtering
Breathe through the strange.
Odd features often exist because the world asked a harsh question.
Saiga Antelope have enlarged flexible noses that help filter dust and condition air during life on cold, dusty steppe environments.
Species principle: Folded-Skin Breathing
Breathe through the folds.
Unusual surfaces can solve what ordinary lungs cannot.
Titicaca Water Frogs have loose folded skin that increases surface area for cutaneous respiration in cold, oxygen-rich high-altitude lake water.
