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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

Sea Star

Asteroidea
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

ALPHABET DECK | 8 POINTS

• There are 2,000 living species of starfish that occur in all the world’s oceans.
• Sea Stars eat clams, oysters, snails, and other mollusks.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Xenops Bird

Xenops rutilans
Scale 5 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

ALPHABET DECK | 6 POINTS

• Xenops birds are often difficult to see in the forest.
• They eat insects, and can catch flying termites in mid-air.

Warm, Hot

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Eel

Anguilliformes
Scale 6 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3

VANCOUVER AQUARIUM DECK | 7 POINTS

• Eels have buck teeth and very strong jaws.

• They use their jaws to crush all kinds of sea creatures.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan