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Common Chaffinch

Fringilia coelebs
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Aves

3 POINTS

Play: The Chaffinch has a FLIGHT of 2.

Fact: The Chaffinch’s powerful song is very well known, and its fink or vink sounding call gives the finch family its English name.

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Graphic by Thomas Lord (1791)
The common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), usually known simply as the chaffinch, is a common and widespread small passerine bird in the finch family. The male is brightly coloured with a blue-grey cap and rust-red underparts. The female is much duller in colouring but both sexes have two contrasting white wings-bars and white sides to the […] read more

Coral

Anthozoa class
Scale 9 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
Animalia, Cnidaria, Anthozoa

3 POINTS

Play: Anthozoa is a suspension feeder and must be played adjacent to a 1 PLANKTON species.
Fact: Darwin’s The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, Being the first part of the geology of the voyage of the Beagle, under the command of Capt. Fitzroy, R.N. during the years 1832 to 1836, was published in 1842.

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Graphic by Robert Ballwww.robertmball.com
Photo by Louiswraycommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Diploria_Strigosa.jpg
Anthozoa is a class within the phylum Cnidaria. Unlike other cnidarians, anthozoans do not have a medusastage in their development. Instead, they release sperm and eggs that form a planula, which attaches to somesubstrate on which the cnidarian grows. Some anthozoans can also reproduce asexually through budding. More than 6,100 species have been described.[1] The […] read more

Clouded Yellow

Colias genus
Scale 4 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta

3 POINTS

Play: Clouded Yellows have a FLIGHT of 2, and need to feed off a flowering PLANTAE species.
Fact: This genus occurs throughout the Northern hemisphere, and is also found in South America, Africa, China and India.

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Graphic by Simon Gurrwww.gurrillustration.com/
Photo by Charlesjsharpcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clouded_yellow_(Colias_croceus).jpg
Colias is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae. They are usually called clouded yellows; the North American name “sulphurs” is elsewhere used for Coliadinae in general. The closest living relative is the genusZerene,[4] which is sometimes included in Colias. This genus occurs throughout the Holarctic, including the arctic regions. They are also found […] read more

Galapagos Hawk

Buteo galapagoensis
Scale 7 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Chordata, Aves

6 POINTS

Play: This hawk has a FLIGHT of 2.
Fact: Darwin on the hawk: “A gun is here almost superfluous; for with the muzzle I pushed a hawk out of the branch of a tree…”

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Graphic by Golly Bardgollybard.blogspot.ca/
Photo by Thomas O'Neilcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galapagos_hawk.jpg
The Galapagos hawk (Buteo galapagoensis) is a large hawk endemic to the Galapagos Islands. Similar in size to the red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) and the Swainson’s hawk (Buteo swainsoni) of North America, but the size is variable across the islands as is recorded for many animals native to the Galapagos. The Galapagos hawk can range […] read more

Flying Fish

Exocoetidae Family
Scale 6 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2
Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii

6 POINTS

Play: This fish has a MOVE of 2 and needs to be played next to a PLANKTON species (for food).
Fact: The flights of flying fish are typically around 50 meters, though they can use updrafts at the leading edge of waves to cover distances of up to 400 meters!

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Graphic by Rachel Ignotofskywww.rachelignotofskydesign.com/
Photo by NOAAcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pink-wing_flying_fish.jpg
The Exocoetidae are a family of marine fish in the order Beloniformes of class Actinopterygii. Fish of this family are known as flying fish. About 64 species are grouped in seven to nine genera. Flying fish can make powerful, self-propelled leaps out of water into air, where their long, wing-like fins enable gliding flight for […] read more

Monkey Puzzle Tree

Araucaria araucana
Scale 9 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
Plantae, Pinophyta, Pinopsida

1 POINTS

Fact: Because of the great age of this species, it is sometimes described as a living fossil.

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Graphic by Diana Sudykadianasudyka.com/
Photo by Rokfaithcommons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Araucaria_araucana-branch.JPG
Araucaria araucana (commonly called the monkey puzzle tree, monkey tail tree, Chilean pine, orpehuén) is an evergreen tree growing to 40 m (130 ft) tall with a 2-m (7-ft) trunk diameter. The tree is native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina.[1] Araucaria araucana is the hardiest species in theconifer genus Araucaria. Because of the great […] read more