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  Axolotl

  Ambystoma mexicanum

  

  

  

  Animalia,Chordata,Amphibia

  

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  • Ambystoma mexicanum has a MOVE of 2.

  
  

  • Ambystoma mexicanum can regenerate its limbs.

  
  

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  Image by Yukiko Fujiwara www.cdb.riken.go.jp/en/05_development/0506_piccard05.html

  LoKiLeCh commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Kolling

  The axolotl ( /ˈæksəlɒtəl/), Ambystoma mexicanum, is a neotenic mole salamander belonging to the Tiger Salamander complex.[citation needed] Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and gilled. The species originates from Lake Texcoco underlying Mexico City and is also called ajolote (which is also the common name for the Mexican Mole Lizard). Axolotls are used extensively in scientific [...]

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  Luzon Bleeding-heart

  Gallicolumba luzonica

  

  

  

  Animalia,Chordata,Aves

  

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  • Gallicolumba luzonica has a FLIGHT of 2.

  
  

  • Gallicolumba luzonica has a dark red patch on its breast that looks like a bleeding wound.

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  Adrian Pingstone commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Arpingstone

  The Luzon Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) is one of a number of species of ground dove in the genus Gallicolumba that are called “bleeding-hearts”. They get this name from a splash of vivid red colour at the centre of their white breasts. The Luzon Bleeding-heart is the species in which this feature is most pronounced, and on first sight [...]

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  Spotted Hyena

  Crocuta crocuta

  

  

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  Animalia,Chordata,Mammalia

  

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  • Crocuta crocuta has a MOVE of 2.

  
  

  • Hyenas both hunt and scavenge. Nearly 70% of their meals are direct kills.

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  Image by Anne Hensel anatoliba.deviantart.com/

  The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) also known as laughing hyena, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which it is the largest extant member. Though the species’ prehistoric range included Eurasia extending from Atlantic Europe to China,[3] it now only occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara save for the Congo [...]

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  Pineapple Fish

  Cleidopus gloriamaris

  

  

  

  Animalia,Chordata,Actinopterygii

  

  5 POINTS

  
  

  • Cleidopus gloriamaris has a MOVE of 2.

  
  

  • Cleidopus gloriamaris is sometimes called a knightfish because of its armor-like scales.

  
  

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  Randall, J.E. www.fishbase.org/collaborators/CollaboratorSummary.php

  The pineapplefish, Cleidopus gloriamaris, is a species of fish in the family Monocentridae, and the sole member of its genus. It is also known as the knightfish or the coat-of-mail fish, due to the armor-like scales covering its body, and the port-and-starboard light fish, as it has a pair of bioluminescent organs that are reminiscent of navigation lights on ships.[1] Its specific [...]

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  House Centipede

  Scutigera coleoptrata

  

  

  

  Animalia,Arthropoda,Chilopoda

  

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  • Scutigera coleoptrata has a MOVE of 2.

  
  

  • Scutigera coleoptrata has a lifespan of three to seven years.

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  Image by Martha Iserman www.bigredsharks.com

  Dr. Gary Alpert phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp

  Scutigera coleoptrata (one of several species commonly known as the house centipede), is a typically yellowish-grey centipede with 15 pairs of legs. Originally endemic to the Mediterranean region, the species has spread to other parts of the world, where it usually lives in human homes. It is an insectivore; it kills and eats other arthropods such as insects and arachnids. [...]

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  Domestic Sheep

  Ovis aries

  

  

  

  Animalia,Chordata,Mammalia

  

  3 POINTS

  
  

  • Ovis aries has a MOVE of 2.

  
  

  • There are over one billion domesticated sheep worldwide.

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  Image by Scott Plaster www.scottplaster.com/

  Jacquie Wingate www.flickr.com/people/11948828@N00

  Sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock. Like all ruminants, sheep are members of the order Artiodactyla, the even-toed ungulates. Although the name “sheep” applies to many species in the genus Ovis, in everyday usage it almost always refers to Ovis aries. Numbering a little over one billion, domestic sheep are also the most numerous species of [...]

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