Nerd Nite Expansion Pack

2015 – (See Cards/Deck Info | Download – card backs | Purchase)…

This set is associated with the Vancouver Nerd Nite organization, and highlights 9 organisms that were suggested during one of their events. Specifically, organisms were solicited based on “coolness” and/or “peculiarity.” Note that this is an expansion deck and cannot be played on its own.

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata
Scale 5 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
Chordata, Aves, Animalia

Play: The Village Indigobird has a FLIGHT of 2.
Fact: The Village Indigobird is a brood parasite which lays its eggs in the nests of red-billed fire finches.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Photo by David Blankeol.org/data_objects/31429517
The village indigobird or steelblue widowfinch (Vidua chalybeata) is a small songbird belonging to the family Viduidae. Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats). It is a resident breeding bird in most of Africa south of […] read more

Duck-billed Platypus

Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Chordata, Mammalia, Animalia

8 POINTS

Play: The platypus has a MOVE of 2 and must feed off of a FRESHWATER TERRAIN card.
Fact: The platypus is only one of a very few mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) also known as the duck-billed platypus is asemiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Together with the four species of echidna, it is one of the five extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth. It is the sole living representative of its […] read more

Variable Neon Slug

Nembrotha kubaryana
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
Mollusca, Gastropoda, Animalia

10 POINTS

Play: This slug has a MOVE of 1 and can only feed off of SPECIES cards with class ASCIDIACEA.
Fact: This slug can store, in its tissues, the toxins from the ascidians it eats and then can release them in a slimy defensive mucus when alarmed.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Photo by Nick Hobgoodcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nembrotha_kubaryana_(Nudibranch).jpg
Nembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. [3] This animal can reach a total length of more than 120 mm. It is a large dark-bodied nudibranch which may have green stripes running down the length […] read more

Cape Sundew

Drosera capensis
Scale 6 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
Angiosperms, Eudicots, Plantae

1 POINTS

Play: The Cape Sundew is carnivorous, but can also use photosynthesis. Therefore it can be played as a YELLOW FOOD 1 and/or RED FOOD CHAIN 3.
Fact: The Cape sundew has long, thin leaves that roll up around trapped insects.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Photo by Barry Ricecalphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=187357&one=T
Drosera capensis, commonly known as the Cape sundew, is a small rosette-forming carnivorous species ofperennial[1] sundew native to the Cape in South Africa. Because of its size, easy to grow nature, and the copious amounts of seed it produces, it has become one of the most common sundews in cultivation.D. capensis produces strap-like leaves, up to […] read more

Giant Cuttlefish

Sepia apama
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Animalia

8 POINTS

Play: The Giant Cuttlefish has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: Using cells known as chromatophores, the cuttlefish can put on spectacular displays, changing color in an instant.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Photo by berichardcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sepia_apama_2.jpg
Sepia apama, also known as the giant cuttlefish and Australian giant cuttlefish,[2] is the world’s largestcuttlefish species, growing to 50 cm in mantle length and over 10.5 kg (23 lb) in weight.[3] Using cells known as chromatophores, the cuttlefish can put on spectacular displays, changing color in an instant. S. apama is native to the southern coast of […] read more

Panther Chameleon

Furcifer pardalis
Scale 6 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
Sorry, there is no photo available. If you have one, please submit here .
Chordata, Reptilia, Animalia

3 POINTS

Play: This cameleon has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The panther chameleons have very long tongues which can extend at around 26 body lengths per second

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
The panther chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) is a species of chameleon found in the eastern and northern parts of Madagascar[3] in a tropical forest biome. Additionally, it has been introduced toRéunion and Mauritius. Male panther chameleons can grow up to 20 inches in length, with a typical length of around 17 in (45 cm). Females are smaller, at about […] read more