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Blue Whale

Balaenoptera musculus
Scale 9 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

8 POINTS

Play: Balaenoptera musculus has a MOVE of  2 and requires a KRILL card for diet.

Fact: Balaenoptera musculus usually live alone or with one other individual.

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Graphic by Brandy Maschwww.brandymasch.com/
Blue whale[1] Adult blue whale from the eastern Pacific Ocean Size compared to an average human Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[2] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Cetacea Suborder: Mysticeti Family: Balaenopteridae Genus: Balaenoptera Species: B. musculus Binomial name Balaenoptera musculus The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to […] read more

Climate Change

Event Card
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Event

Play/Effect: Place this card on top of any SPECIES card to immediately remove. In the same action, the EVENT card then moves to an adjacent SPECIES card. A game of rock-paper-scissors determines whether this card is also discarded. Continue moving the EVENT card and removing SPECIES cards until you lose. Card can only be played once per game.

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Graphic by Lindsay Chetekwww.lindsaychetek.com/
Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme […] read more

Three-spined Stickleback

Gasterosteus aculeatus
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii

7 POINTS

Play: Gasterosteus aculeatus has a MOVE of 2 and can also feed on ZOOPLANKTON.

Fact: Gasterosteus aculeatus has a pelvic fin which is used to protect the fish against other fish predators

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Graphic by Alexandria Neonakisalexneonakis.com/
Photo by Ron Offermans
Sticklebacks Three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Order: Gasterosteiformes Family: Gasterosteidae Genera Apeltes Culaea Gasterosteus Pungitius Spinachia‘They live in both limnetic zones and Benthic zones’ The Gasterosteidae are a family of fish including the sticklebacks. FishBase currently recognises sixteen species in the family, grouped in […] read more

Pacific Krill

Euphausia pacifica
Scale 4 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Arthropoda, Malacostraca

4 POINTS

Play: Euphausia pacifica has a MOVE of  1 and feeds on (should be played adjacent to) a PLANKTON species card.
Fact: Euphausia pacifica oil can be used as a food  supplement

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Graphic by Victoria Heryetvictoriaheryet.com/
Euphausia pacifica A nauplius of Euphausia pacifica hatching from its egg Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Euphausiacea Family: Euphausiidae Genus: Euphausia Species: E. pacifica Binomial name Euphausia pacifica In Japan, E. pacifica is called isada krill or tsunonashi okiami (ツノナシオキアミ). It is found from Suruga Bay northwards, including all […] read more

Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris
Scale 7 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

8 POINTS

Play: Enhydra lutris has a MOVE of 2

Fact: Enhydra lutris have the densest fur in the animal kingdom, with nearly one million hairs per square inch.

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Graphic by Victoria Heryetvictoriaheryet.com/
Sea otter A sea otter wraps itself in kelp in Morro Bay, California. Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Mustelidae Subfamily: Lutrinae Genus: Enhydra Fleming, 1828 Species: E. lutris Binomial name Enhydra lutris (Linnaeus, 1758) Range The sea otter (Enhydra lutris) is a […] read more

Salal

Gaultheria shallon
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

1 POINT

Fact: Gaultheria shallon has edible berries and is also an important medicinal plant for Aboriginal peoples.

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Graphic by Kyle McQueenkylemcqueen.net/
Gaultheria shallon Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Ericales Family: Ericaceae Genus: Gaultheria Species: G. shallon Description Gaultheria shallon is 0.2 to 5 m tall, sprawling to erect. Evergreen, its thick, tough, egg-shaped leaves are shiny and dark green on the upper surface, and rough and lighter green on the […] read more