Animalia

Zooplankton

Marine zooplankton
Scale 3 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Animalia, Anthropoda

1 POINTS

Play: Zooplankton has a MOVE of 1.
“Many of these creatures so low in the scale of nature are most exquisite in their forms & rich colours. — It creates a feeling of wonder that so much beauty should be apparently created for such little purpose.” (Darwin on plankton).

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Graphic by DIana Sudykawww.dianasudyka.com/
Zooplankton /ˌzoʊ.əˈplæŋktən/ are heterotrophic (sometimes detritivorous) plankton. Plankton are organisms drifting in oceans, seas, and bodies of fresh water. The word “zooplankton” is derived from the Greek zoon (ζῴον), meaning “animal”, and planktos (πλαγκτός), meaning “wanderer” or “drifter”.[1] Individual zooplankton are usually microscopic, but some (such as jellyfish) are larger and visible with the naked […] read more

Leaf Letter Flea Beetle

Aulonodera darwini
Scale 4 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta

4 POINTS

Play: This Flea beetle has a MOVE of 2.

Fact: This is one of four Australian insect species, collected by Darwin during the Beagle voyage, that bear his name.

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Graphic by Simon Gurrwww.gurrillustration.com/
Flea beetle is a general name applied to the small, jumping beetles of the leaf beetle family(Chrysomelidae). They make up the tribe Alticini, which is a part of the subfamily Galerucinae, though they were historically classified as a subfamily in their own right. Though most tribes of the Galerucinae are suspect of rampant paraphyly in […] read more

Village Indigobird

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

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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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

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
Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda

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

Giant Cuttlefish

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

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