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.

Bone Worm

Osedax rubiplumus
Scale 5 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Annelida, Polychaeta

10 POINTS

Play: This worm has a MOVE of 1 and must feed off of a whale SPECIES card.
Fact: Osedax rubiplumus is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com
Osedax rubiplumus is a species of bathypelagic Polychaetes that is reported to sustain itself on the bones of dead whales. Their paedomorphic males are 0.4–1.1 millimetres (0.016–0.043 in), and have an incompleted prototroch with a posterior hooked chaete. The species have 16 hooks with 6-8 capitium teeth, which have handles that are 18–23 micrometres (0.00071–0.00091 in). The female […] read more

Sand Jellyfish

Rhopilema esculentum
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Cnidaria, Scyphozoa

9 POINTS

Play: This jellyfish has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: The Sand Jellyfish is edible, and is often served in South East Asian cuisine.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com/
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Northern Rat Flea

Nosopsyllus fasciatus
Scale 4 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Insecta, Anthropoda

9 POINTS

Play: The Northern Rat Flea has a MOVE of 2, and must be played adjacent a RODENTIA species.

Fact: This flea is also known for being a minor vector for the plague.

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Graphic by David Orrwww.davidorogenic.com/
The northern rat flea (Nosopsyllus fasciatus) is a species of flea found on domestic rats and house mice. Northern rat fleas are external parasites, living by hematophagy off the blood of rodents. It is the most widely spread of its genus, having originated in Europe, but has been transported to temperate regions all over the […] read more