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Daylight work

Trust the colony.

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

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Degu

Species principle: Daylight Trust

Trust the colony.

A hard place becomes livable when trust has tunnels and voices.

Degus are social, diurnal rodents that live in burrow systems, use vocal communication, and cooperate in colonies in dry Chilean habitats.

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Numbat

Species principle: Termite Focus

Follow the termites.

A specific hunger becomes enough when the whole body is shaped around it.

Numbats are specialized termite-eating marsupials that forage during the day using long sticky tongues and slender snouts to extract termites.

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