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Uncommon card · Nature
Flying and gliding animals, an Uncommon card
A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by active flight, passive gliding or, in rare occasions, ballooning, also known as kiting.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 87
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 167
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 59,000
Power 167 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Flying and gliding animals quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Flying and gliding animals card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ability to fly or glide has appeared via convergent evolution many times throughout the ______ of life.
Answer
history. The ability to fly or glide has appeared via convergent evolution many times throughout the history of life. From the Flying and gliding animals article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Flying and gliding animals. Flying and gliding animals 87 · Fish farming 83 · Grassland 78 · Scavenger 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Grassland. Grassland 120,000 · Scavenger 87,000 · Flying and gliding animals 59,000 · Marine habitat 16,000 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.
- Such animals typically have appendages that interact with air to generate lift in order to overcome the weight of their own body and any payload they are carrying.
- The majority of flying and glide animals are terrestrial, although species from one extant taxon, the flying fish, are aquatic.
- The ability to fly or glide has appeared via convergent evolution many times throughout the history of life.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Flying and gliding animals article was read about 59,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 87 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Flying and gliding animals
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Flying and gliding animals (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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