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Responsibility

Carry the eggs.

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

Common Midwife Toad (Alytes obstetricans) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Common Midwife Toad

Species principle: Paternal Care

Carry the eggs.

Protection becomes devotion when the future is carried on the body.

Male Common Midwife Toads wrap fertilized egg strings around their hind legs and carry them until the larvae are ready for water.

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Greater Rhea

Species principle: Stewardship

Guard what grows.

Protection becomes sacred when you choose to guard what is still becoming.

Greater Rheas are flightless grassland birds. Males build nests, incubate eggs from multiple females, and guard the chicks after hatching.

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