Tortoise

Testudinidae
Scale 6 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2

ALPHABET DECK | 4 POINTS

• Most Tortoises are herbivores, eating leaves, fruit, flowers, and grasses.
• Giant tortoises move very slowly on dry land, at only 0.17 miles per hour (0.27 km/h).

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Yapok

Chironectes minimus
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

ALPHABET DECK | 8 POINTS

• Yapoks are also known as water opossums.

• They are the world’s only aquatic marsupials.

Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Turtle

Testudines
Scale 6 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3

ALPHABET DECK | 2 POINTS

• Turtles lay soft and leathery eggs.

• Their shells grow from their ribs.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Yak

Bos mutus
Scale 8 Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2

ALPHABET DECK | 5 POINTS

• Yaks are herd animals.

• Domesticated yaks have been kept for thousands of years.

Cold, Cool

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Salamander

Salamandra salamandra
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

ALPHABET DECK | 7 POINTS

• Salamanders can live for up to 50 years.

• They can spray neurotoxic chemicals at attacking predators.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

X-Ray Tetra Fish

Pristella maxillaris
Scale 4 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

ALPHABET DECK | 7 POINTS

• X-Ray Tetras feed on small insects and planktonic animals.

• Their bodies are almost transparent.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan