Animalia

Black Carpenter Ant

Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Scale 4 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta

4 POINTS

• C. pennsylvanicus have a MOVE of 2.
• C. pennsylvanicus can feed on creatures of SCALE5 or less.
• C. pennsylvanicus can also thrive in URBAN habitats.
• This image depicts a worker.

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Graphic by Kiriko Mothkiriko-moth.com
The black carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) is a species of carpenter ant. It is the most common carpenter ant pest in the United States. Appearance C. pennsylvanicus can be distinguished from other carpenter ant species by the dull black color of the head and body, and by whitish or yellowish hairs on the abdomen. All […] read more

Cock-eyed Squid

Histioteuthis sp.
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

9 POINTS

Play: Histioteuthis has a MOVE of 2.

Fact: Histioteuthis lives at depths of around 1500 ft (500-1000 meters).

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Graphic by Gina Allnattginasketch.carbonmade.com
Photo by L. Madin (NOAA)en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histioteuthis
Histioteuthis is a genus of squid and the only member of the Histioteuthidae family. It goes by the English name cock-eyed squid, because in all species the right eye is normal-sized, round, blue and sunken; whereas the left eye is at least twice the diameter of the right eye, tubular, yellow-green, faces upward, and bulges […] read more

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Chordata, Aves

8 POINTS

• Ardea herodias has a FLIGHT of 2.

“Ardea herodias is the largest North American heron.”

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Graphic by Christine Bennettwww.etsy.com/shop/calzephyr
Photo by Mike Bairdflickr.bairdphotos.com/
The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the […] read more

Horse

Equus ferus caballus
Scale 7 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

7 POINTS

• Equus ferus caballus has a MOVE of 2.
Although most horses today are domesticated, there are still endangered populations of the Przewalski’s Horse, the only remaining true wild horse.

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Graphic by Christine Bennettwww.etsy.com/shop/calzephyr
Photo by Max Ereminewww.flickr.com/photos/eremine/
The horse (Equus ferus caballus)[3][4] is a hooved (ungulate) mammal, a subspecies of the family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today. Humans began to domesticate horses around 4000 BCE, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread […] read more

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Chordata, Aves

1 POINTS

• Sturnus Vulgaris has a FLIGHT of 2.
• S. Vulgaris is considered to be an INVASIVE species of Aves cards of identical scale and food chain rank.

• These birds are known to gather in huge flocks (sometimes as large as 1 million birds!).

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Graphic by Tricia Arnoldbabbletrish.blogspot.com/
Photo by Mark Robinsonen.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Starling
The European Starling, Common Starling or just Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a passerine bird in the family Sturnidae. This species of starling is native to most of temperate Europe and western Asia. It is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter to these regions, […] read more

Southern Dumpling Squid

Euprymna tasmanica
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda

10 POINTS

• Euprymna tasmanica has a MOVE of 2.
• Euprymna tasmanica and Vibrio fischeri (a bioluminescent bacteria) are MUTUALISTIC.

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Graphic by Phineas X. Jonesoctophant.us
Photo by Sarah Speightwww.flickr.com/photos/saspotato/
The Southern Dumpling Squid (Euprymna tasmanica) is a benthos bobtail squid which lives in the shallow (0.5 m to at least 80 m) temperate coastal waters of southern Australia‘s continental shelf. It lives for between 5 and 8 months and the adults can grow up to 6 or 7 cm long with a mantle length […] read more