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Zoopharmacognosy, an Uncommon card
Zoopharmacognosy is a behaviour in which non-human animals self-medicate by selecting and ingesting or topically applying plants, soils and insects with medicinal properties, to prevent or reduce the harmful effects of pathogens, toxins, and even other animals.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Nature
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 85
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 19,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Zoopharmacognosy quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Zoopharmacognosy card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
However, the ______ is more diverse than this.
Answer
behaviour. However, the behaviour is more diverse than this. From the Zoopharmacognosy article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Hurricane Iris. Hurricane Iris 24,000 · Zoopharmacognosy 19,000 · European dark bee 14,000 · Eukaryotic transcription 11,000 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.
- The term derives from Greek words zoon, pharmacon, and gnosis.
- An example of zoopharmacognosy occurs when dogs eat grass to induce vomiting.
- However, the behaviour is more diverse than this.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Zoopharmacognosy article was read about 19,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 85: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get Zoopharmacognosy
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Zoopharmacognosy (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Nancy Wong, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
