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Ectotherm, an Uncommon card
An ectotherm, more commonly referred to as a "cold-blooded animal", is an animal in which internal physiological sources of heat, such as blood, are of relatively small or of quite negligible importance in controlling body temperature.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 82,000
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Ectotherm quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ectotherm card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Such organisms rely on ______ heat sources, which permit them to operate at very economical metabolic rates.
Answer
environmental. Such organisms rely on environmental heat sources, which permit them to operate at very economical metabolic rates. From the Ectotherm article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Joel Garner. Joel Garner 63 · Ectotherm 57 · Cuphosolenus 52 · Fordite 48 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Lime. Lime 180,000 · Booby 140,000 · Ectotherm 82,000 · Cuphosolenus 220 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.
- Such organisms rely on environmental heat sources, which permit them to operate at very economical metabolic rates.
- Some of these animals live in environments where temperatures are practically constant, as is typical of regions of the abyssal ocean and hence can be regarded as homeothermic ectotherms.
- In contrast, in places where temperature varies so widely as to limit the physiological activities of other kinds of ectotherms, many species habitually seek out external sources of heat or shelter from heat, for example, many reptiles regulate their body temperature by basking in the sun, or seeking shade when necessary in addition to a host of other behavioral thermoregulation mechanisms.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ectotherm article was read about 82,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Ectotherm
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ectotherm (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Arno / Coen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
