Nerd Nite Expansion Pack
2015 – (See Cards/Deck Info | Download – card backs | Purchase)…
This set is associated with the Vancouver Nerd Nite organization, and highlights 9 organisms that were suggested during one of their events. Specifically, organisms were solicited based on “coolness” and/or “peculiarity.” Note that this is an expansion deck and cannot be played on its own.
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Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata![Scale 5](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/5.png)
![Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/herbivore2.png)
![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/410/19030766599_bf5fa914a3_o_d.jpg)
![](http://160.111.248.28/content/2014/10/09/11/26615_orig.jpg)
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.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-F4D9BA-fresh-water-fresh-water-forest-1.png)
Duck-billed Platypus
Ornithorhynchus anatinus![Scale 6](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/6.png)
![Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carnivore3.png)
![](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3889/18563224504_576f950c89_o_d.jpg)
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.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-B5F2E0-ocean-ocean-ocean-1.png)
Variable Neon Slug
Nembrotha kubaryana![Scale 5](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/5.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules2.png)
![](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3888/19185709775_1d0ccd8294_o_d.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Nembrotha_kubaryana_%28Nudibranch%29.jpg/640px-Nembrotha_kubaryana_%28Nudibranch%29.jpg)
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.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-DCF7CD-grasslands-grasslands-forest-1.png)
Cape Sundew
Drosera capensis![Scale 6](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/6.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules3.png)
![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/368/18999552049_92683fdbda_o_d.jpg)
![](http://160.111.248.28/content/2011/10/06/04/96281_orig.jpg)
1 POINTS
Play: The Cape Sundew is carnivorous, but can also use photosynthesis. Therefore it can be played as a YELLOW FOOD 1 and/or RED FOOD CHAIN 3.
Fact: The Cape sundew has long, thin leaves that roll up around trapped insects.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-F2E4CB-ocean-ocean-ocean-1.png)
Giant Cuttlefish
Sepia apama![Scale 6](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/6.png)
![Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carnivore3.png)
![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/476/19179649772_aa2d291ce3_o_d.jpg)
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Sepia_apama_2.jpg)
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.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-D8EAC7-grasslands-forest-forest-1.png)
Panther Chameleon
Furcifer pardalis![Scale 6](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/6.png)
![Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/omnivore3.png)
![](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/451/18997422738_29c9a645bc_o_d.jpg)
3 POINTS
Play: This cameleon has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The panther chameleons have very long tongues which can extend at around 26 body lengths per second