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ANTARCTIC TRADING CARDS

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ADÉLIE TOOTHFISH GIANT SEA SPIDER 2. FOLD CLASS Pygoscelis Adeliae CLASS Mawsoni CLASS Pycnogonid Fold along the solid WEIGHT 11 pounds WEIGHT 100 pounds WEIGHT up to 20 grams center line to create LENGTH 30 inches LENGTH 5-8 feet LENGTH up to 10 inches two sided card. LIFE SPAN 11-20 years LIFE SPAN 45 years LIFE SPAN unknown

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Antarctic Toothfish Antarctic Adélie Penguin Adélie Giant Sea Spider Sea Giant ANTARCTIC ANIMALS TRADING CARDS

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EMPEROR PENGUIN 2. FOLD CLASS Aptenodytes Forsteri CLASS Superba CLASS Leptonychotes Weddellii Fold along the solid WEIGHT 85 pounds WEIGHT 2 grams WEIGHT 900-1,200 pounds center line to create LENGTH 42 inches 2.5 inches LENGTH 9-10 feet two sided card. LENGTH LIFE SPAN 20 years LIFE SPAN 6 years LIFE SPAN 30 years

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EUPHAUSIA SUPERBA EUPHAUSIA APTENODYTES FORSTERI APTENODYTES LEPTONYCHOTES WEDDELLII LEPTONYCHOTES

Antarctic Krill Antarctic Emperor Weddell Seal Weddell ANTARCTIC ANIMALS TRADING CARDS

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ORCA WANDERING 2. FOLD CLASS Orcinus Orca CLASS Hydrurga Leptonyx CLASS Diomedea Exulans Fold along the solid WEIGHT 3,000 – 12,000 pounds WEIGHT 700-800 pounds WEIGHT 16 pounds center line to create LENGTH 22-31 feet LENGTH 11 feet LENGTH 7-8 feet two sided card. LIFE SPAN 60-100 years LIFE SPAN 12-15 years LIFE SPAN 45-50 years

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Keep the same partner for life and together together and life for partner same the Keep

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Young are brown and turn white as they age. they as white turn and brown are Young

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Have the largest wingspan of any . any of wingspan largest the Have ... ORCAS THAT KNOW YOU DID

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ORCINUS ORCA ORCINUS

HYDRURGA LEPTONYX HYDRURGA DIOMEDEA EXULANS DIOMEDEA Orca

Leopard Seal Leopard Wandering Albatross Wandering ANTARCTIC ANIMALS TRADING CARDS

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HUMPBACK WHALE 2. FOLD CLASS Megaptera Novaeangliae CLASS Pleuragramma Antarctica CLASS Pygoscelis Papua Fold along the solid WEIGHT 28-33 tons WEIGHT 7 ounces WEIGHT 12-13 pounds center line to create LENGTH 39-52 feet LENGTH 6-10 inches LENGTH 22-23 inches two sided card. LIFE SPAN 60-100 years LIFE SPAN 10-20 years LIFE SPAN 15-20 years

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markings on their tails and bodies. and tails their on markings

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Live in both Antarctica and areas around Antarctica. around areas and Antarctica both in Live 150 gallons of milk a day. a milk of gallons 150 • •

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Newborns can be as big as 3,000 pounds and drink drink and pounds 3,000 as big as be can Newborns

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Adapted so they won’t freeze in icy ocean waters. ocean icy in freeze won’t they so Adapted in warm tropical waters. tropical warm in

• Moms and Dads build nests out of pebbles and take take and pebbles of out nests build Dads and Moms

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PLEURAGRAMMA ANTARCTICA PLEURAGRAMMA

MEGAPTERA NOVAEANGLIAE MEGAPTERA PYGOSCELIS PAPUA PYGOSCELIS

Antarctic Silverfish Antarctic Humpback Whale Humpback Gentoo Penguin Gentoo