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Animal Qualities

Knowing your place

Know the rock.

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 Collared Lizard animal lesson image on AnimalDex

Eastern Collared Lizard

Species principle: Footing

Know the rock.

Confidence begins when the body knows exactly where it belongs.

Eastern Collared Lizards are fast, alert lizards of rocky habitats. They use strong limbs, balancing tails, basking sites, and quick sprints across rocks to hunt and escape.

Marsh Mongoose (Atilax paludinosus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Marsh Mongoose

Species principle: Niche

Hunt the edge.

Work becomes clean when the body knows exactly which edge it belongs to.

Marsh Mongooses are semi-aquatic mammals that hunt along wetlands, reeds, streams, and muddy edges for crabs, frogs, fish, insects, and other prey.

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