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Keep the trail.

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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Basset Hound

Species principle: Scented Persistence

Keep the trail.

Slow progress can still win when attention refuses to drop the thread.

Basset Hounds are scent hounds with strong noses, low bodies, and persistence in following scent trails.

Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Corn Snake

Species principle: Tracking

Read the trail.

The hidden path reveals itself to the one who reads what others cannot see.

Corn Snakes move through fields, barns, and brush while using chemical cues gathered by the tongue and Jacobson’s organ to locate prey such as rodents.

Perentie (Varanus giganteus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Perentie

Species principle: Desert Tracking

Read the desert.

Purpose crosses heat by reading the invisible trail.

Perenties are large Australian monitor lizards that use forked tongues and Jacobson's organ to track prey while moving powerfully through arid habitats.

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