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Dig the quiet treasure.

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

Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Long-nosed Potoroo

Species principle: Quiet Treasure

Dig the quiet treasure.

The hidden feast belongs to the one patient enough to smell below the surface.

Long-nosed Potoroos use sensitive noses and small forepaws to dig for underground fungi such as truffles, helping disperse fungal spores through forest ecosystems.

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Wood Stork

Species principle: Sensitivity

Feel with the bill.

The unseen can be found by the one sensitive enough to feel it.

Wood Storks forage in shallow wetlands by sweeping their open bills through water and snapping them shut rapidly when they touch prey.

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