Animal Qualities
Follow the stripe at night.
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.
5 species
Species principle: Striped Nightwork
Follow the stripe at night.
Quiet hunger finds its way through the dark by following what the nose knows.
Banded Palm Civets are nocturnal forest civets that forage on the forest floor and low vegetation for small animals, fruit, and other foods using scent and stealth.
Species principle: Leaf-Litter Belonging
Match the leaves.
Safety begins when the place already looks like you.
Black-breasted Leaf Turtles have small, angular shells and cryptic coloration that help them blend into damp leaf litter on forest floors.
Species principle: Long-Shell Travel
Roam the leaf floor.
Slow movement still becomes a life when it keeps crossing the leaf litter.
Elongated Tortoises have long shells and roam forest floors, feeding on plant material, fungi, and fallen fruit with slow steady movement.
Species principle: Gentle Regality
Walk with lace.
Grandeur becomes complete when it can move softly.
Victoria Crowned Pigeons are large ground-dwelling pigeons with ornate lace-like crests, walking through New Guinea forest floors to feed on fruit and seeds.
Species principle: Rooting Ingenuity
Root the hidden pantry.
The ground becomes a pantry when you know how to turn it over.
Visayan Warty Pigs use tough snouts and hooves to root through forest soil and leaf litter for hidden food such as roots, tubers, and invertebrates.
