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Animal Qualities

Discovery

Tap the hidden wood.

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

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Aye-aye

Species principle: Finger Percussion

Tap the hidden wood.

The hidden treasure answers the one who knows how to knock.

Aye-ayes use percussive foraging, tapping wood with an elongated finger, listening with large ears, then gnawing and extracting larvae with the same specialized finger.

Kinkajou (Potos flavus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Kinkajou

Species principle: Curiosity

Explore first.

Curiosity creates opportunity.

Kinkajous explore the canopy, investigate food sources, and move agilely through night forests.

Ring-tailed Coati animal lesson image on AnimalDex

Ring-tailed Coati

Species principle: Exploration

Follow the nose.

The forest gives its secrets to the one who keeps searching with every sense awake.

Ring-tailed Coatis use long flexible snouts, claws, and raised tails while foraging for fruit, insects, eggs, and small animals, often searching through leaf litter and trees.

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