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    Hydra Vulgaris

    Hydra vulgaris
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    • Hydra vulgaris has a MOVE of 1.


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

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    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
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    • Fringilla coelebs has a FLIGHT of 2.


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

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    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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    Green Woodpecker

    Picus viridis
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    • 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.

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    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)
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    • Copepod has a MOVE of 2.


    • Copepods may form the largest animal biomass on earth.

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    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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    Eurasian Collared Dove

    Streptopelia decaocto
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    • Streptopelia decaocto has a FLIGHT of 2.


    • Eurasian Collared Doves are almost always seen in pairs and, like many birds, remain loyal to their mates.

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    Horia Varlan www.flickr.com/people/horiavarlan/

    The Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) most often simply called the Collared Dove,[2][3][4][5] also sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian Collared-dove[6] is a species of dove native to Asia and Europe, and also recently introduced in North America.     It is a medium sized dove, distinctly smaller than the Wood Pigeon, similar in length to a [...]

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    Common Redstart

    Phoenicurus phoenicurus
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    • Phoenicurus phoenicurus has a FLIGHT of 2.


    • Phoenicurus phoenicurus gets its common name, Redstart, from its reddish-orange tail.

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    Mark Kilner www.flickr.com/people/markkilner/

    The Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply Redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family (Turdidae), but is now known to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae). The Common Redstart shows some affinity to the European Robin [...]

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