United Kingdom Vintage Deck

2014 – (See Cards | Deck Info | Download | Purchase)…

All organisms collected depict common flora and fauna found in the United Kingdom. This is a DIY 60 card STARTER deck that collects vintage biodiversity related illustrations that predate 1913 (at least one hundred years old). Most come from wiki commons or the Biodiversity Heritage Library, where copyright status appears clear. Note that if an image used are breaking copyright status, please contact db@mail.ubc.ca so that we can remove the image.

Human

Homo sapiens
Scale 8 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

3 POINTS

Play: This Human has a MOVE of 2. Can be played next to any TERRAIN.
Fact: Although an omnivore, this card can only be played next to a SPECIES card that represents food that the player would actually eat.

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Graphic by A.B. Strong (1855)
Modern humans (Homo sapiens or Homo sapiens sapiens) are the only extant members of the homininclade, a branch of great apes characterized by erect posture and bipedal locomotion; manual dexterity and increased tool use; and a general trend toward larger, more complex brains and societies.[3][4] Early hominids, such as the australopithecines whose brains and anatomy […] read more

Harbour Seal

Phoca vitulina
Scale 7 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3
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Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia

8 POINTS

Play: This Harbour Seal has a MOVE of 2.

Fact: Seals in the UK are protected by the 1970 Conservation of Seals Act, which probihits most forms of killing.

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Graphic by Richard Lydekker (1886)
The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species ofpinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlanticand Pacific oceans, the Baltic and […] read more