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Uncommon card · Nature
Brood parasitism, an Uncommon card
Brood parasitism is a subclass of parasitism and phenomenon and behavioural pattern of animals that rely on others to raise their young.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 73
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 149
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 110,000
Power 149 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Brood parasitism quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Brood parasitism card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ appears among birds, insects and fish.
Answer
strategy. The strategy appears among birds, insects and fish. From the Brood parasitism article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Cochabamba. Cochabamba 79 · Blowout 76 · Brood parasitism 73 · Benzoic acid 69 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- The strategy appears among birds, insects and fish.
- The brood parasite manipulates a host, either of the same or of another species, to raise its young as if it were its own, usually using egg mimicry, with eggs that resemble the host's.
- The strategy involves a form of aggressive mimicry called Kirbyan mimicry.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Brood parasitism article was read about 110,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 73 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Brood parasitism
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Brood parasitism (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Dario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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