O'Reilly Animals Starter Deck

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This deck includes a variety of organisms that are represented by various O’Reilly book covers and are also in various levels of endangerment. More information about the organisms and conservation work can be found at animals.oreilly.com/. The game consists of 41 different cards, encompassing a variety of organism and events.

Climate Change

Event Card
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Event

Play/Effect: Place this card on top of any SPECIES card to immediately remove. In the same action, the EVENT card then moves to an adjacent SPECIES card. A game of rock-paper-scissors determines whether this card is also discarded. Continue moving the EVENT card and removing SPECIES cards until you lose. Card can only be played once per game.

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Climate change is a change in the statistical distribution of weather patterns when that change lasts for an extended period of time (i.e., decades to millions of years). Climate change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions (i.e., more or fewer extreme […] read more

North Atlantic Right Whale

Eubalaena glacialis
Scale 9 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

8 POINTS

Play: Eubalaena glacialis has a MOVE of 2

Fact: Eubalaena glacialis feeds on Zooplankton or Krill SPECIES cards.

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The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis, which means “good, or true, whale of the ice”), is a baleen whale, one of three right whale species belonging to the genus Eubalaena,[1] all of which were formerly classified as a single species. Because of their docile nature, their slow surface-skimming feeding behaviors, their tendencies to stay […] read more

Lanternfish

Electrona carlsbergi
Scale 5 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2
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Animalia, Chordata, Actinopterygii

5 POINTS

Play: Electrona carlsbergi has a MOVE of 2

Fact: Electrona carlsbergi can also feed on a Zooplankton SPECIES card

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Lanternfishes (or myctophids, from the Greek mykter, “nose” and ophis, “serpent”) are small mesopelagic fish of the large family Myctophidae. One of two families in the order Myctophiformes, the Myctophidae are represented by 246 species in 33 genera, and are found in oceans worldwide. They are aptly named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence. Their […] read more

Maize

Zea mays
Scale 9 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Angiosperms, Monocots

3 POINTS

Fact: An ear of Zea mays commonly holds about 600 kernels.

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Maize (/ˈmeɪz/ mayz; Zea mays subsp. mays, from Spanish: maíz after Taíno mahiz), known in some English-speaking countries as corn, is a large grain plant domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica inprehistoric times. The leafy stalk produces ears which contain the grain, which are seeds called kernels. Maize kernels are often used in cooking as […] read more

Erect Prickly Pear

Opuntia stricta
Scale 9 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1
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Plantae, Angiosperms, Eudicots

2 POINTS

Fact: Opuntia stricta produces yellow flowers and purplish-red fruits.

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Opuntia stricta is a species of cactus from southern North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and northernSouth America.[1] Common names include erect prickly pear and nopal estricto (Spanish).[2] It is an erect or sprawling shrub up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in height, producing lemon yellow flowers in the spring and summer, followed by purplish-red fruits. Opuntia […] read more

Chicken-liver Sponge

Chondrilla nucula
Scale 9 Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 1
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Animalia, Porifera, Demospongiae

3 POINTS

Fact: Chondrilla nucula is a favourite food of the Hawksbill Turtle.

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Chondrilla nucula, sometimes called the “Caribbean Chicken-liver sponge,” is a sea sponge belonging to thePhylum Porifera. It is an amorphous shaped sponge that grows in flat, sometimes bulbous sheets in benthic communities. It is sometimes found in marginal, stressful systems such as caves. Such sponges are white, lacking access to sunlight, and photosymbionts. It is […] read more