Animalia
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
4 POINTS
• Anas platyrhynchos has a FLIGHT of 2.
• Anas platyrhynchos must be placed adjacent to at least one FRESH-WATER containing card.
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The Mallard, or Wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos[1]), probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand (where it is currently the most common duck species), and Australia. The male birds have a bright green head, while the female’s is light brown. The mallard lives in wetlands, eats water […] read more
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis 
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10 POINTS
• Salvelinus fontinalis has a MOVE of 2.
Salvelinus fontinalis are among the most colorful freshwater species.
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The brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis, (sometimes called the eastern brook trout) is a species of fish in the salmon family of orderSalmoniformes. In many parts of its range, it is known as the speckled trout or squaretail. A potamodromous population in Lake Superior are known as coaster trout or, simply, as coasters. Though commonly called a trout, the brook trout is actually a char, along with lake trout, bull trout, Dolly Varden and […] read more
Common Blackbird
Turdus merula 
4 POINTS
Play: Turdus merula has a FLIGHT of 2.
Fact: Turdus merula migrates gregariously (in a flock).
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The Common Blackbird, Turdus merula, is a species of true thrush. It is also called Eurasian Blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds),[2] or simply Blackbird (in areas where it is the only blackbird-like species). It breeds in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. It has a number of subspecies across its large […] read more
Antarctic Krill
Euphausia superba
6 POINTS
• Euphausia superba has a MOVE of 1.
Krill are often referred to as light-shrimp because they can emit light, produced by bioluminescent organs.
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Photo by Dr. habil. Uwe Kilsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Krill666.jpg
Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. Antarctic krill are shrimp-like invertebrates or crustaceans that live in large schools, called swarms, sometimes reaching densities of 10,000–30,000 individual animals per cubic meter.[1] They feed directly on minute phytoplankton, thereby using the primary production energy that the phytoplankton originally derived from the sun in order to sustain […] read more
Marbled Polecat
Vormela peregusna 
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5 POINTS
• Vormela peregusna has a MOVE of 2.
Vormela peregusna had once been sought for its fur; also known as fitch in the fur trade.
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The marbled polecat (V. peregusna) is a small mammal belonging to the monotypic genus Vormela within the Mustelinae subfamily. Vormela is from the German word Würmlein[1], which means “little Worm”. The term peregusna comes from pereguznya, which is Ukrainian for polecat.[2] Marbled polecats are generally found in the dryer areas and grasslands of south-eastern Europe to western China. Like other members of Mustelinae, it […] read more
Ethiopian Wolf
Canis simensis
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9 POINTS • Canis simensis has a MOVE of 2. Canis simensis males never leave the pack into which they were born.
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The Ethiopian wolf (Canis simensis), also known as the Abyssinian wolf, Abyssinian fox, red jackal, Simien fox, or Simien jackal is a canid native to Africa. The numerous names reflect previous uncertainty about its taxonomic position, but it is now thought to be related to the wolves of the genus Canis rather than the foxes […] read more