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Animal Qualities

Routine care

Keep the hole open.

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.

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Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Ringed Seal

Species principle: Maintenance

Keep the hole open.

Life continues because small openings are kept from closing.

Ringed Seals maintain breathing holes in sea ice using strong claws, allowing them to surface and breathe while living beneath frozen Arctic waters.

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