
Tortoise
Testudinidae


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).

Yapok
Chironectes minimus


ALPHABET DECK | 8 POINTS
• Yapoks are also known as water opossums.
• They are the world’s only aquatic marsupials.

Turtle
Testudines


ALPHABET DECK | 2 POINTS
• Turtles lay soft and leathery eggs.
• Their shells grow from their ribs.

Yak
Bos mutus


ALPHABET DECK | 5 POINTS
• Yaks are herd animals.
• Domesticated yaks have been kept for thousands of years.

Salamander
Salamandra salamandra


ALPHABET DECK | 7 POINTS
• Salamanders can live for up to 50 years.
• They can spray neurotoxic chemicals at attacking predators.

X-Ray Tetra Fish
Pristella maxillaris


ALPHABET DECK | 7 POINTS
• X-Ray Tetras feed on small insects and planktonic animals.
• Their bodies are almost transparent.

Sea Star
Asteroidea


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.

Xenops Bird
Xenops rutilans


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.