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  • Blue Bird-of-Paradise

    Paradisaea rudolphi
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    • Paradisaea rudolphi has a FLIGHT of 2.

    The Bird of Paradise flower is named after the brightly colored bird in flight.

    Warm
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    The Blue Bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea rudolphi, is a medium-sized, approximately 30 cm long, black bird-of-paradise with a bluish-whitebill, dark brown iris, grey legs, broken white eye-ring and bright blue wings. The male is adorned with violet blue and cinnamon flank plumes and two long ribbon-like tail feathers. The female has a chestnut brown below.
    The Blue Bird-of-paradise is endemic to Papua New Guinea. It [...]

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  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

    Limulus polyphemus
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    • Limulus polyphemus has a MOVE of 2.

    • Limulus polyphemus must be played next to at least one LAND TERRAIN neighbour.

    Cool, Warm
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    The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a marine chelicerate arthropod. Despite its name, it is more closely related to spiders, ticks, and scorpions than to crabs.[2] Horseshoe crabs are most commonly found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the northern Atlantic coast of North America. A main area of annual migration is Delaware [...]

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  • Lesser Bushbaby

    Galago senegalensis
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    • Galago senegalensis has a MOVE of 2.

    Bush babies have a call which sounds like a human child crying, hence their name.

    Warm, Hot
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    The Senegal Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis), also known as the Senegal Galago, the Lesser Galago or the Lesser Bush Baby, is a small, nocturnal primate, a member of the galago family Galagidae.
    The name “bush baby” may come either from the animals’ cries or from their appearance. They are agile leapers, and run swiftly along branches. They live in Africa south of the [...]

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  • Rock Ptarmigan

    Lagopus muta
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    Lagopus muta has a FLIGHT of 2.

    The Rock Ptarmigan is known as Snow Chicken, and is the official bird for the territory of Nunavut, Canada.

    Cool, Warm
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    The Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) is a medium-sized (31–35 cm or 12–14 in.) gamebird in the grouse family. It is known simply as Ptarmigan in Europe and colloquially as  Snow Chicken or Partridge in North America, where it is the official bird for the territory of Nunavut, Canada,[2] and the official game bird for the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.[3]
    A sedentary species, the Rock Ptarmigan breeds [...]

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  • Moose

    Alces alces
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    5 POINTS

    • Alces alces has a MOVE of 2.

    In Europe, a moose is known as a European Elk.

    Cold, Cool
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    The moose (North America) or European elk (Europe) (Alces alces) is the largest extant species in the deer family. Moose are distinguished by the palmate antlers of the males; other members of the family have antlers with a “twig-like” configuration. Moose typically inhabit boreal and mixed deciduous forests of the Northern Hemisphere in temperate to [...]

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  • Bohemian Waxwing

    Bombycilla garrulus
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    • Bombycilla garrulus has a FLIGHT of 2.

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    The Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) is a member of the waxwing family of passerines. A sleek bird, 18–21 cm long with a pointed crest, it travels in large, nomadic groups with a strong, direct flight. It breeds in coniferous forests throughout the most northern parts of Europe, Asia and western North America. As the Cedar Waxwing [...]

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