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Darwin’s Tanager

Pipraeidea darwinii
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Aves

3 POINTS

Play: Darwin’s Tanager has a FLIGHT of 2.
Fact: The Darwin’s Tanager is considered a separate subspecies from the blue and yellow tanager, because it has a green back instead of a black one.

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Graphic by Robert Ballwww.robertmball.com/
The blue-and-yellow tanager (Pipraeidea bonariensis) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, thetanagers. It is found in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, extreme northern border Chile, andAndean Peru and Ecuador. Some southern region birds migrate northeastwards in the austral winter into eastern Bolivia and northeastern Argentina; also Paraguay where the birds are only […] read more

Glyptodon

Glyptodon Genus
Scale 9 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

4 POINTS

Play: Glyptodon has a MOVE of 2 and is EXTINCT
Fact: Darwin described the fossils as “a large animal, with an osseous coat in compartments, very like that of an armadillo.”

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Graphic by Simon Gurrwww.gurrillustration.com/
Glyptodon (Greek for “grooved or carved tooth”) was a large, armored mammal of the family Glyptodontidae, a relative of armadillos that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. It was roughly the same size and weight as aVolkswagen Beetle, though flatter in shape. With its rounded, bony shell and squat limbs, it superficially resembled turtles, and the […] read more

Sand Jellyfish

Rhopilema esculentum
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa

9 POINTS

Play: This jellyfish has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The Sand Jellyfish is edible, and is often served in South East Asian cuisine.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com/
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Northern Rat Flea

Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Scale 4 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Insecta, Anthropoda

9 POINTS

Play: The Northern Rat Flea has a MOVE of 2, and must be played adjacent a RODENTIA species.

Fact: This flea is also known for being a minor vector for the plague.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com/
The northern rat flea (Nosopsyllus fasciatus) is a species of flea found on domestic rats and house mice. Northern rat fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of rodents. It is the most widely spread of its genus, having originated in Europe, but has been transported to temperate regions all over the […] read more

Bridled Burrfish

Chilomycterus antennatus
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii

9 POINTS

Play: This fish has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: C. antennatus has the ability to inflate their body through the swallowing of water or air.

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Graphic by Golly Bardgollybard.blogspot.ca/
Photo by John E. Randalleol.org/data_objects/21009763
Chilomycterus antennatus (Bridled burrfish) is a species of fish belonging to the Diodontidae family. It is native to the tropical waters of the Western Atlantic from southeastern Florida and the Bahamas to northern South America. They are also found in the Eastern Atlantic off the cost of Mauritania.[1] C. antennatus has a maximum length of […] read more

Scalesia pedunculata

Scalesia pedunculata
Scale 9 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

3 POINTS

Fact: Darwin first collected specimens of this species from Santiago Island in October 1835 on the voyage of the Beagle, and it was later named by his friend Joseph Dalton Hooker.

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Graphic by Rachel Ignotofskywww.rachelignotofskydesign.com/
Photo by Haplochromiscommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scalesia_pedunculata.jpg
Scalesia pedunculata Hook.f. is a member of the Daisy family or Asteraceae, growing to a slender tree (20m tall,DBH 20cm), and found in dense stands on the humid windward coasts of the islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal,Santiago and Floreana in the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos archipelago lies in the southeast trade wind zone, so […] read more