Animal Qualities
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.
2 species
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.
Species principle: Breathing Openings
Keep the ice open.
Tiny openings can keep life alive through a frozen world.
Saimaa Ringed Seals live in freshwater Lake Saimaa and maintain breathing holes in ice, also using snow and ice lairs for breeding.
