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Animal Qualities

Different design

Trust the odd fit.

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

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Hoatzin

Species principle: Odd Fit

Trust the odd fit.

A strange solution is not strange when it fits the life exactly.

Hoatzins eat large amounts of leaves and use foregut fermentation, unusual among birds, to digest plant material in swamp forest habitats.

Opah (Lampris guttatus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Opah

Species principle: Inner Warmth

Carry your warmth.

A different engine lets you enter colder depths.

Opah are unusual fish capable of whole-body endothermy, using internal heat retention to remain active in cooler deep ocean waters.

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