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Why animals shed periodically.

Mythological motifs. · Animal characteristics. · Causes of animal characteristics: appearance and habits. · Periodic habits of animals. · view the constellation · filed as A2483

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Filed under Periodic habits of animals.

1 finer motif beneath it
Why snake sheds skin
Filed beside it
Why animals hibernate Why animals migrate Why animals crowd together seasonally Why animals lay eggs as they do. (Cf. A2431, A2433.6.1.2.) Animal's periodic habits – miscellaneous

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