WILD LIFE (Winner: WorldCup4James)
Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:55 pmWILD LIFE
WINNER: WorldCup4James
16/32 players. If we reach 32 players we will play the Thailand map!
One us one,simple elimination bracket, chained, nuclear,sunny.
Maps: in this order: Antarctida, Treassures of Galapagos, Central America, Africa, Thailand
FIRST ROUND: ANTARCTIDA
1.-rappel / richman688
2-rayofsun / GlobeSmack
3.-AtreideHouse / idusmars
4.-pridekiller / thelord
5.-alt1978 / ML46
6.-Cirelo / Braswell
7.-Quark_Star / plurple
8.-ClangGordon / Keefie
9.-traffic133 / AnothreCalam
10.-TheBarbarian / WorlCup4James
11.-sniffie / dogsdave
12.-Victor Horta / Enter Smith
13.-p.perkins / mydeskisclean
14.-swimmerdude99 / buster582
15.-Tomod / Red Army!
16.- rubilion / ejph
SECOND ROUND: TREASSURES OF GALAPAGOS
1.-richman688-GlobeSmack
2.-idusmars-thelord
3.-ML46-Braswell
4.-Quark_Star-Keefie
5.-AnotherCalam-WorldCup4James
6.-dogsdave-Victor Horta
7.-mydeskisclean-swimmerdude99
8.-Tomod-ejph
THIRD ROUND: SAVE THE TOUCAN!
1,.chapcrap-thelord
2.-Braswell-Keefie
3.-WorldCup4James-dogsdave
4.-mydeskisclean-ejph
FOURTH ROUND: THE LION
chapcrap-Braswell
WorldCup4James- mydeskisclean
THE FINAL: THE TIGER
chapcrap-WorldCup4James
ANTARCTIDA
Map: Antarctida
A variety of marine animals exist and rely, directly or indirectly, on the phytoplankton. Antarctic sea life includes penguins, blue whales, orcas, colossal squids and fur seals.
The Colossal Squid
The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, from Greek mesos (middle), nychus (claw), and teuthis (squid)), sometimes called the Antarctic or giant cranch squid, is believed to be the largest squid species in terms of mass. It is the only known member of the genus Mesonychoteuthis. Though it is known from only a few specimens, current estimates put its maximum size at 12–14 metres (39–46 ft) long,[1] based on analysis of smaller and immature specimens, making it the largest known invertebrate.
The Emperor Penguin
The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 122 cm (48 in) in height and weighing anywhere from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). The dorsal side and head are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches. Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
GALAPAGOS
Map: Treassures of Galapagos
In 1986, the 70,000 square kilometers (27,000 sq mi.) of ocean surrounding the islands was declared a marine reserve, second in size only to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In 1990, the archipelago became a whale sanctuary. UNESCO recognised the islands in 1978 as a World Heritage Site and in 1985, as a biosphere reserve. This was later extended in December 2001 to include the marine reserve. In July 2010, the World Heritage Committee agreed to remove the Galapagos Islands from its list of precious sites endangered by environmental threats or overuse.
The Galapagos Tortoise
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) is the largest living species of tortoise, reaching weights of over 400 kg (880 lb) and lengths of over 1.8 meters (5.9 ft). With life spans in the wild of over 100 years, it is one of the longest-lived vertebrates. A captive individual lived at least 170 years.
The tortoise is native to seven of the Galápagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago about 1,000 km (620 mi) west of the Ecuadorian mainland. Spanish explorers who discovered the islands in the 16th century named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning tortoise.
The Marine Iguana
The Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to live and forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile. The Iguana can dive over 30 ft (10 m) into the water. It has spread to all the islands in the archipelago, and is sometimes called the Galapagos Marine Iguana. It mainly lives on the rocky Galapagos shore, but can also be spotted in marshes and mangrove beaches.
the only iguana feeding in the sea.
Breeding-season adult males on the southern islands (Española, Floreana and nearby islets) are the most colorful and will acquire red and teal-green colors, while on Santa Cruz they are brick red and black, and on Fernandina they are brick red and dull greenish.
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COSTA RICA
Map:Central America
Costa Rica is home to a rich variety of plants and animals. While the country has only about 0.25% of the world's landmass, it contains 5% of the world's biodiversity. Around 25% of the country's land area is in protected national parks and protected areas, the largest percentage of protected areas in the world (developing world average 13%, developed world average 8%). Costa Rica has successfully managed to diminish deforestation from some of the worst rates in the world from 1973 to 1989, to almost zero by 2005.
Toucan
Toucans are members of the family Ramphastidae of near passerine birds from the Neotropics. The Ramphastidae family is most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species. The name of this bird group is derived from the Tupi word tukana, via Portuguese
Red-eyed Treefrog
Red-eyed tree frogs, as their name states, have red eyes with vertically narrowed noses, a vibrant green body with yellow and blue striped sides, and orange toes. There is a great deal of regional variation in flank and thigh coloration . Although it has been suggested that A. callidryas' bright colors function as aposematic or sexual signals, neither of these hypotheses have been confirmed.
KENYA
Map: Africa
Kenya has considerable land area devoted to wildlife habitats, including the Masai Mara, where Blue Wildebeest and other bovids participate in a large scale annual migration. Up to 250,000 blue wildebeest perish each year in the long and arduous movement to find forage in the dry season. The "Big Five" animals of Africa can be found in Kenya and in the Masai Mara in particular: the lion, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros and elephant.
Elephant
Elephants are the largest living land animals on Earth today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth, an elephant calf typically weighs 105 kilograms (230 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1955. This male weighed about 24,000 lb (11,000 kg)
Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.
Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years
THAILAND
MAP: THAILAND
The habitat varies between tropical rain forest, dry evergreen, hill evergreen, and mixed deciduous, creating the right conditions for a wide variety of different animal species including elephants, tigers, leopards and panthers. Current records count 95 species of mammals, 386 birds, 84 reptiles, 34 amphibians, and 77 freshwater fish. Two rare animals facing extinction which are found in this sanctuary are wild water buffaloes and Thai peacock.
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WINNER: WorldCup4James
16/32 players. If we reach 32 players we will play the Thailand map!
One us one,simple elimination bracket, chained, nuclear,sunny.
Maps: in this order: Antarctida, Treassures of Galapagos, Central America, Africa, Thailand
FIRST ROUND: ANTARCTIDA
1.-rappel / richman688
2-rayofsun / GlobeSmack
3.-AtreideHouse / idusmars
4.-pridekiller / thelord
5.-alt1978 / ML46
6.-Cirelo / Braswell
7.-Quark_Star / plurple
8.-ClangGordon / Keefie
9.-traffic133 / AnothreCalam
10.-TheBarbarian / WorlCup4James
11.-sniffie / dogsdave
12.-Victor Horta / Enter Smith
13.-p.perkins / mydeskisclean
14.-swimmerdude99 / buster582
15.-Tomod / Red Army!
16.- rubilion / ejph
SECOND ROUND: TREASSURES OF GALAPAGOS
1.-richman688-GlobeSmack
2.-idusmars-thelord
3.-ML46-Braswell
4.-Quark_Star-Keefie
5.-AnotherCalam-WorldCup4James
6.-dogsdave-Victor Horta
7.-mydeskisclean-swimmerdude99
8.-Tomod-ejph
THIRD ROUND: SAVE THE TOUCAN!
1,.chapcrap-thelord
2.-Braswell-Keefie
3.-WorldCup4James-dogsdave
4.-mydeskisclean-ejph
FOURTH ROUND: THE LION
chapcrap-Braswell
WorldCup4James- mydeskisclean
THE FINAL: THE TIGER
chapcrap-WorldCup4James
ANTARCTIDA
Map: Antarctida
A variety of marine animals exist and rely, directly or indirectly, on the phytoplankton. Antarctic sea life includes penguins, blue whales, orcas, colossal squids and fur seals.
The Colossal Squid
The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, from Greek mesos (middle), nychus (claw), and teuthis (squid)), sometimes called the Antarctic or giant cranch squid, is believed to be the largest squid species in terms of mass. It is the only known member of the genus Mesonychoteuthis. Though it is known from only a few specimens, current estimates put its maximum size at 12–14 metres (39–46 ft) long,[1] based on analysis of smaller and immature specimens, making it the largest known invertebrate.
The Emperor Penguin
The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 122 cm (48 in) in height and weighing anywhere from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). The dorsal side and head are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches. Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
GALAPAGOS
Map: Treassures of Galapagos
In 1986, the 70,000 square kilometers (27,000 sq mi.) of ocean surrounding the islands was declared a marine reserve, second in size only to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In 1990, the archipelago became a whale sanctuary. UNESCO recognised the islands in 1978 as a World Heritage Site and in 1985, as a biosphere reserve. This was later extended in December 2001 to include the marine reserve. In July 2010, the World Heritage Committee agreed to remove the Galapagos Islands from its list of precious sites endangered by environmental threats or overuse.
The Galapagos Tortoise
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra) is the largest living species of tortoise, reaching weights of over 400 kg (880 lb) and lengths of over 1.8 meters (5.9 ft). With life spans in the wild of over 100 years, it is one of the longest-lived vertebrates. A captive individual lived at least 170 years.
The tortoise is native to seven of the Galápagos Islands, a volcanic archipelago about 1,000 km (620 mi) west of the Ecuadorian mainland. Spanish explorers who discovered the islands in the 16th century named them after the Spanish galápago, meaning tortoise.
The Marine Iguana
The Marine Iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) is an iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to live and forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile. The Iguana can dive over 30 ft (10 m) into the water. It has spread to all the islands in the archipelago, and is sometimes called the Galapagos Marine Iguana. It mainly lives on the rocky Galapagos shore, but can also be spotted in marshes and mangrove beaches.
the only iguana feeding in the sea.
Breeding-season adult males on the southern islands (Española, Floreana and nearby islets) are the most colorful and will acquire red and teal-green colors, while on Santa Cruz they are brick red and black, and on Fernandina they are brick red and dull greenish.
COSTA RICA
Map:Central America
Costa Rica is home to a rich variety of plants and animals. While the country has only about 0.25% of the world's landmass, it contains 5% of the world's biodiversity. Around 25% of the country's land area is in protected national parks and protected areas, the largest percentage of protected areas in the world (developing world average 13%, developed world average 8%). Costa Rica has successfully managed to diminish deforestation from some of the worst rates in the world from 1973 to 1989, to almost zero by 2005.
Toucan
Toucans are members of the family Ramphastidae of near passerine birds from the Neotropics. The Ramphastidae family is most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and about forty different species. The name of this bird group is derived from the Tupi word tukana, via Portuguese
Red-eyed Treefrog
Red-eyed tree frogs, as their name states, have red eyes with vertically narrowed noses, a vibrant green body with yellow and blue striped sides, and orange toes. There is a great deal of regional variation in flank and thigh coloration . Although it has been suggested that A. callidryas' bright colors function as aposematic or sexual signals, neither of these hypotheses have been confirmed.
KENYA
Map: Africa
Kenya has considerable land area devoted to wildlife habitats, including the Masai Mara, where Blue Wildebeest and other bovids participate in a large scale annual migration. Up to 250,000 blue wildebeest perish each year in the long and arduous movement to find forage in the dry season. The "Big Five" animals of Africa can be found in Kenya and in the Masai Mara in particular: the lion, leopard, buffalo, rhinoceros and elephant.
Elephant
Elephants are the largest living land animals on Earth today. The elephant's gestation period is 22 months, the longest of any land animal. At birth, an elephant calf typically weighs 105 kilograms (230 lb). They typically live for 50 to 70 years, but the oldest recorded elephant lived for 82 years.The largest elephant ever recorded was shot in Angola in 1955. This male weighed about 24,000 lb (11,000 kg)
Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg (550 lb) in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.
Lions live for ten to fourteen years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than twenty years
THAILAND
MAP: THAILAND
The habitat varies between tropical rain forest, dry evergreen, hill evergreen, and mixed deciduous, creating the right conditions for a wide variety of different animal species including elephants, tigers, leopards and panthers. Current records count 95 species of mammals, 386 birds, 84 reptiles, 34 amphibians, and 77 freshwater fish. Two rare animals facing extinction which are found in this sanctuary are wild water buffaloes and Thai peacock.
