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Family protection

Feed through the wall.

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.

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Great Hornbill

Species principle: Casque Fidelity

Feed through the wall.

Trust becomes architecture when one life guards the opening and another feeds through it.

Great Hornbills nest in tree cavities where the female seals herself inside with the chicks, leaving a slit through which the male passes food until the family emerges.

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