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Animal Qualities

Hidden opportunity

Look through the dome.

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

Barreleye (Macropinna microstoma) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Barreleye

Species principle: Vertical Vision

Look through the dome.

Seeing differently reveals food that ordinary sight would miss.

Barreleyes have transparent head domes and tubular eyes that can look upward to detect prey silhouettes in the deep ocean.

Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Yellow-billed Stork

Species principle: Tactile Search

Sweep the shallows.

Keep sweeping the unseen until the hidden thing closes the gap.

Yellow-billed Storks feed by sweeping partly open bills through shallow water; tactile contact with prey triggers the bill to snap shut quickly.

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