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    Super Red Arowana

    Scleropages formosus
    5 carnivore3
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    9 POINTS


    • Scleropages formosus has a MOVE of 2.


    • Scleropages formosus is sometimes called a dragon fish.

    Warm
    Image by Heather E. Harlow forbidding.deviantart.com
    Marcel Burkhard commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cele4

    The Asian arowana comprises several varieties of freshwater fish in the genus Scleropages. Some sources differentiate these varieties into multiple species,[1][2] while others consider the different strains to belong to a single species, Scleropages formosus.[3] They have several other common names, including Asian bonytongue, dragon fish, and a number of names specific to different varieties. [...]

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    Grunt Sculpin

    Rhamphocottus richardsonii
    5 carnivore3
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    8 POINTS


    • Rhamphocottus richardsonii has a MOVE of 2.


    • Rhamphocottus richardsonii can often be found living in bottles, cans, and barnacle shells.

    Cool, Warm
    Image by Derek Tan botany.ubc.ca/derek
    Brian Gratwicke www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/

    The grunt sculpin or grunt-fish, Rhamphocottus richardsonii, is the only member of the fish family Rhamphocottidae. It is native to temperate coastal waters of the North Pacific, from Japan to Alaska and south to California where it inhabits tide pools, rocky areas, and sandy bottoms at depths of up to 165 metres.     It [...]

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    Hydra Vulgaris

    Hydra vulgaris
    3 carnivore3
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    8 POINTS


    • Hydra vulgaris has a MOVE of 1.


    • Hydra vulgaris can regenerate, does not age, and is considered to be biologically immortal.

    Cool, Warm
    Image by Yukiko Fujiwara www.cdb.riken.go.jp/en/05_development/0506_piccard05.html
    Przemysław Malkowski www.akwarium.net.pl/port/

    Hydra vulgaris is a small (12mm) freshwater hydroid. The hydra have 4 to 12 tentacles that protrude from just outside the mouth. They feed by extending their tentacles and waiting for food to touch the tentacles. They then bring the food to their mouth, ingest and digest the organism. Anything that cannot be digested is [...]

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    Chaffinch

    Fringilla coelebs
    5 omnivore3
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    3 POINTS


    • Fringilla coelebs has a FLIGHT of 2.


    • Fringilla coelebs is one of the best-known and most common of all British birds.

    Cool, Warm
    Image by Mark Sosbe marksosbe.deviantart.com/
    Vitaliy Khustochka www.flickr.com/people/phenolog/

    The Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), also called by a wide variety of other names, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. The Chaffinch’s large double white wing bars, white tail edges and greenish rump easily identify this 14–16 cm long species. The breeding male is unmistakable, with his reddish underparts and a blue-grey cap. [...]

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  • card-name-9421

    Green Woodpecker

    Picus viridis
    5 carnivore3
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    6 POINTS


    • Picus viridis has a FLIGHT of 2.


    • Picus viridis's tongue is so long (10 cm) that it has to be curled around its skull.

    Cool, Warm
    Image by Dutch Flower dutch-flower.deviantart.com/
    Agustín Povedano www.flickr.com/people/decadiz/

    The Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis) is a member of the woodpecker family Picidae. There are four subspecies and it occurs in most parts of Europe and in western Asia. All have green upperparts, paler yellowish underparts, a red crown and moustachial stripe which has a red centre in males but is all black in females. [...]

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    Copepod

    Copepod (subclass)
    3 herbivore2
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    3 POINTS


    • Copepod has a MOVE of 2.


    • Copepods may form the largest animal biomass on earth.

    Cold, Cool, Warm
    Image by Yukiko Fujiwara www.cdb.riken.go.jp/en/05_development/0506_piccard05.html
    Uwe Kils en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Uwe_Kils

    Copepods ( /ˈkoʊpɪpɒd/; meaning “oar-feet”) are a group of small crustaceans found in the sea and nearly every freshwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (drifting in sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), and some continental species may live in limno-terrestrial habitats and other wet terrestrial places, such as swamps, under leaf [...]

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