Animal Qualities
Forget the sky.
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.
5 species
Species principle: Grounded Uniqueness
Forget the sky.
You do not need the expected gift when your real life belongs elsewhere.
Kakapos are flightless nocturnal parrots with mossy green camouflage, strong climbing ability, lek breeding behavior, and ground-based forest life.
Species principle: Ornament
Wear the difference.
Difference becomes beauty when it is carried without apology.
Male Mandarin Ducks have ornate breeding plumage with bright colors and distinctive feather shapes used in courtship display.
Species principle: Spiral-Tusk Signal
Carry the tusk spiral.
A strange feature can become the mark by which the world remembers you.
Narwhals have a long spiral tusk, usually in males, and travel through Arctic waters and sea ice while using echolocation and social behavior.
Species principle: Aquatic Uniqueness
Swim your own shape.
A strange shape can become fluent in a world others enter awkwardly.
Pig-nosed Turtles are unusual freshwater turtles with pig-like snouts and flipper-like limbs, moving through rivers and lagoons more like sea turtles than typical freshwater turtles.
Species principle: Radiant Difference
Shine and coil.
Standing out does not remove power when the body remembers its ancient strength.
Albino Reticulated Pythons are color morphs of a giant constrictor species known for great length, muscular coils, and ambush predation.
