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Uncommon card · Nature
Beaked whale, an Uncommon card
Beaked whales are members of the cetacean family Ziphiidae, noted as being one of the least-known groups of mammals because of their deep-sea habitat, reclusive behavior and apparent low abundance.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 83
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 87,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Beaked whale quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Beaked whale card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The first time the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale was ______ alive was late 2020.
Answer
documented. The first time the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale was documented alive was late 2020. From the Beaked whale article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Reports of the possible discovery of the new beaked whale species off the coast of Mexico have been confirmed in June ____ via genetic analysis of a skin biopsy of the whale.
Answer
2020s. Reports of the possible discovery of the new beaked whale species off the coast of Mexico have been confirmed in June 2024 via genetic analysis of a skin biopsy of the whale. From the Beaked whale article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Landslide. Landslide 110,000 · Beaked whale 87,000 · Speculative evolution 54,000 · Intensive farming 30,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- There are 24 species currently recognised, but only three species of beaked whales that have been commercially hunted are reasonably well-known: Baird's beaked whales and Cuvier's beaked whales were subject to exploitation off the coast of Japan, while the northern bottlenose whale was extensively hunted in the northern part of the North Atlantic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- The first time the ginkgo-toothed beaked whale was documented alive was late 2020.
- Reports of the possible discovery of the new beaked whale species off the coast of Mexico have been confirmed in June 2024 via genetic analysis of a skin biopsy of the whale.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Beaked whale article was read about 87,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 83: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Beaked whale
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Text : Wikipedia, Beaked whale (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : PresN, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
