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Drift

Become the seaweed.

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

Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Leafy Seadragon

Species principle: Living Camouflage

Become the seaweed.

The deepest disguise is not hiding near the world, but becoming its shape.

Leafy Seadragons have leaf-like appendages and slow drifting movement that help them resemble floating seaweed in southern Australian waters.

Portuguese Man o' War (Physalia physalis) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Portuguese Man o' War

Species principle: Collective Drift

Sail as one.

Many bodies can become one strange vessel when each part accepts its role.

The Portuguese Man o' War is a siphonophore colony made of specialized zooids, using a gas-filled float, wind and currents, and long stinging tentacles to capture prey.

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