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Ingenuity

Drop the bone.

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.

3 species

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Bearded Vulture

Species principle: Bonecraft

Drop the bone.

Unusual methods solve the problems everyone else leaves untouched.

Bearded Vultures specialize in eating bone and drop large bones onto rocks to break them open and access marrow.

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Coconut Octopus

Species principle: Portable Shelter

Carry your shelter.

Planning becomes freedom when safety can travel with you.

Coconut Octopuses are known for carrying coconut shells or shells and using them as portable shelters, a notable example of tool use in cephalopods.

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Visayan Warty Pig

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.

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