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Carry the spiral.

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.

3 species

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Garden Snail

Species principle: Spiral Shelter

Carry the spiral.

Security can move with you when it is built into your rhythm.

Garden Snails move slowly with a coiled shell and require moist conditions for active movement.

Plains Vizcacha (Lagostomus maximus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Plains Vizcacha

Species principle: Burrow Society

Build the neighborhood.

Security grows when many lives share the work of shelter.

Plains Vizcachas live in social colonies and build extensive burrow systems called vizcacheras, which provide refuge on open grasslands.

Sumatran Bamboo Rat animal lesson image on AnimalDex

Sumatran Bamboo Rat

Species principle: Preparation

Build below.

Security often comes from foundations no one else sees.

Bamboo rats are fossorial rodents that use burrows and feed heavily on roots and bamboo-related plant material.

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