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Animal Qualities

Underwater work

Feel the water.

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

African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

African Clawed Frog

Species principle: Tactile Hunting

Feel the water.

Unusual tools become intelligence when they read the world by touch.

African Clawed Frogs are fully aquatic frogs with clawed hind feet and sensitive lateral-line-like systems that help detect movement and locate prey underwater.

Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Horned Grebe

Species principle: Diving Fit

Fit the dive.

Effort flows when the body is placed exactly for the work.

Horned Grebes are diving birds with compact bodies and legs set far back, an arrangement that helps underwater propulsion while making land movement awkward.

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