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    Dwarf Sand Snake

    Psammophis angolensis
    5 carnivore3
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    10 POINTS

    Psammophis angolensis has a MOVE of 2.

    Warm, Hot

    The Dwarf whip snake can be identified by its large eyes, striped body and strictly diurnal lifestyle. It grows to an average length of 30 cm and a maximum length of 50 cm. [It is] found in Limpopo, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, the Caprivi strip and Namibia. Its favoured habitat is moist savanna. Its diet consists [...]

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    Crab-eating Fox

    Cerdocyon thous
    7 omnivore3
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    5 POINTS

    Cerdocyon thous has a MOVE of 2.

    The crab-eating fox locates crabs in the dark by listening for the rustling they make as they maneuver their way through thick vegetation.

    Cool, Warm

    The Crab-eating Fox (Cerdocyon thous), also known as the Forest Fox, Wood Fox, and the Common Fox, is an extant species of medium-sized canid endemic to the central part of South America and which appeared during the Pliocene epoch.[3] Cerdocyon comes from the Greek words kerdo (meaning fox) and cyon (dog) referring to the dog and fox- like characters of this animal. The [...]

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    Blue Bird-of-Paradise

    Paradisaea rudolphi
    5 herbivore2
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    7 POINTS

    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. [...]

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    Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

    Limulus polyphemus
    6 omnivore3
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    6 POINTS

    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
    5 omnivore3
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    5 POINTS

    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 [...]

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    Rock Ptarmigan

    Lagopus muta
    6 omnivore3
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    6 POINTS

    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

    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 [...]

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