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Uncommon card · Nature
Dung beetle, an Uncommon card
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 72
- DEF
- 73
- Power
- 145
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 170,000
Power 145 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Dung beetle quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Dung beetle card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ alone comprises more than 5,000 species.
Answer
Scarabaeinae. The Scarabaeinae alone comprises more than 5,000 species. From the Dung beetle article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Beach. Beach 78 · Bus 75 · Dung beetle 72 · Chives 67 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.
- As most species of Scarabaeinae feed exclusively on feces, that subfamily is often dubbed true dung beetles.
- There are dung-feeding beetles which belong to other families, such as the Geotrupidae.
- The Scarabaeinae alone comprises more than 5,000 species.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Dung beetle article was read about 170,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 72 and blocks with 73: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get Dung beetle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Dung beetle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Axel Strauß, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
