Naturhistorisk Museum Aarhus Ice Age Deck

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This deck is based on the exhibition “Back to the Ice Age” at the Natural History Museum in Aarhus, Denmark. During the Ice Age, Denmark was partially covered by glaciers and this deck represents a wide variety of the biodiversity that would have been found there.

Snowy Owl

Bubo scandiacus
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Aves

6 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 3. Diagonally in an arctic climate.
FACT: The snowy owl does not breed if the lemming population is very small. Contrary, it hatches multiple chicks when the lemming population is great.

cold, cool
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The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large, white owl of the typical owl family. Snowy owls are native to Arctic regions in North America and Eurasia. Males are almost all white, while females have more flecks of black plumage. Juvenile snowy owls have black feathers until they turn white. The snowy owl is a ground nester that primarily hunts rodents and waterfowl, and opportunistically eats carrion. […] read more

Aurochs

Bos primigenius
Scale 8 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

EXTINCT | 5 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 1
FACT: The aurochs are the ancestor of domestic cattle. The aurochs were an important but dangerous prey species for the hunters of the Mesolithic period. The 80 cm long and forward-curving horns of the bulls and their large body made them a dangerous opponent.

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The aurochs (/ˈɔːrɒks/ or /ˈaʊrɒks/; pl. aurochs, or rarely aurochsen, aurochses), also known as urus or ure (Bos primigenius), is an extinct species of large wild cattlethat inhabited Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It is the ancestor of domestic cattle and the European bison, crossbred with steppe bison.[2] The species survived in Europe until the last recorded aurochs died in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland, in 1627. During the Neolithic Revolution, which occurred during the early Holocene, […] read more

Irish Elk

Megaloceros giganteus latidens
Scale 8 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

EXTINCT | 6 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 1
FACT: The antlers of the Irish elk are the largest antlers of all known species of deer. It had a span up to four meters and weighed up to 40 kg. In order to grow 40 kg heavy antlers every year; a lot of calcium rich food is required.

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The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus)[1][2] also called the giant deer or Irish giant deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene, from Ireland to Siberia to China. A related form is recorded in China during the Late Pleistocene.[3] The most recent remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 7,700 years ago in Siberia.[4] Although […] read more

Cave Bear

Ursus spelaeus
Scale 8 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

EXTINCT | 5 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 1
FACT: As an adaptation to the cold, the cave bear grew during the Ice Age, as a larger body insulates better against the cold. Teeth of cave bears were typically more worn down than teeth of today’s brown bears. This suggest that they were more herbivorous than today’s brown bears.

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The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) was a species of bear that lived in Europe and Asia during the Pleistocene and became extinct about 24,000 years ago during the Last Glacial Maximum. Both the word “cave” and the scientific name spelaeus are used because fossils of this species were mostly found in caves. This reflects the views of experts that cave bears may have spent more time in caves than the brown bear, which […] read more

Cave Hyena

Crocuta crocuta spelaea
Scale 8 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

EXTINCT | 9 POINTS

PLAY: Move of 2. The card can even feed on herbivores of scale 9. If the Cave hyena is next to another Cave hyena, add one extra point.
FACT: Hyenas are more closely related to cats than dogs. By means of the powerful jaws and teeth of the cave hyena it could crush very dense bones.

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The cave hyena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea), also known as the Ice Age spotted hyena,[1]was a paleosubspecies of spotted hyena[2] which ranged from the Iberian Peninsula to eastern Siberia.[3] It is one of the best known mammals of the Ice Age and is well represented in many European bone caves.[4] The cave hyena was a highly specialised animal, with its progressive and regressive features being more developed than in its […] read more