Animal Qualities
Keep two homes.
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: Dual Refuge
Keep two homes.
Some lives survive because they know which home to use in each season.
Dusky Gopher Frogs use upland burrows, often made by other animals, for shelter and migrate to temporary ponds for breeding.
Species principle: Natal Return
Return to the shore.
Some journeys are completed by finding the shore that began you.
Green Sea Turtles migrate long distances between feeding areas and nesting beaches, with females returning to beaches near where they hatched to lay eggs.
Species principle: Ancient Return
Return with the tide.
Some lives keep time with rhythms older than memory.
Horseshoe Crabs are ancient marine arthropods that come ashore in large numbers to spawn on sandy beaches, often linked to tides and lunar cycles.
Species principle: Ocean Continuance
Stroke by stroke.
A long life is crossed one stroke at a time.
Loggerhead Sea Turtles migrate across large ocean distances using powerful front flippers, strong shells, and navigational ability between feeding and nesting areas.
Species principle: Two-World Belonging
Belong in both.
Flexibility lets one life belong underground and in water.
Tiger Salamanders live much of the year underground or under cover and migrate to ponds or wetlands to breed, with aquatic larval stages.
