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Animal Qualities

Hidden talent

Hunt under spots.

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

Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Eastern Quoll

Species principle: Night Skill

Hunt under spots.

Playful pattern can hide a serious hunter.

Eastern Quolls are spotted carnivorous marsupials that forage mostly at night for insects, small vertebrates, and carrion in grasslands, forests, and farmland edges.

Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Gentoo Penguin

Species principle: Context Shift

Find your water.

Awkwardness in one world can hide brilliance in another.

Gentoo Penguins move awkwardly on land but are among the fastest swimming penguins, using strong flippers to pursue prey underwater.

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