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Wetland life

Carry the stars.

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

Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Spotted Turtle

Species principle: Small Signatures

Carry the stars.

Tiny marks can make a quiet life unmistakable.

Spotted Turtles have dark shells marked with yellow spots and live in shallow wetlands, bogs, marshes, and ponds.

White-faced Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

White-faced Whistling-duck

Species principle: Flock Contact

Whistle together.

The right company is held together by a voice that keeps returning.

White-faced Whistling-ducks are social wetland ducks that use whistling calls and flocking behavior while feeding, resting, and traveling around marshes and lagoons.

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