@jtklein found and shared these with the iNat team today and they’re pretty fun! I had much more success with Metazooa than Metaflora, but I’m curious what a botanist thinks about the latter. https://metazooa.com/ = guess the animal https://flora.metazooa.com/ = guess the plant

On my fourth go I got it in 1 too, with tarantula!

I’m no zoo-chauvinist, but I found the plant one waaay harder. Partly because most plants I thought of weren’t in the list, but also because intuition doesn’t really help as much with plant taxonomy. I guess it’s just something you have to learn - the game is a fun way to do this, but hope they can …

Speaking of zoo-chauvinism, what’s up with flora being a subdomain of metazooa.com ? That does not reflect the hierarchical relationship between plants and animals.

:ant: Animal #87 :koala: I figured it out in 7 guesses! :green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square::green_square: :fire: 1 | Avg. Guesses: 7.5 :herb: Plant #26 :four_leaf_clover: I figured it out in 17 guesses! :yellow_square::yellow_square:…

:dodo: Animal #88 :fish: I figured it out in 10 guesses! :orange_square::orange_square::orange_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square: :fire: 1 | Avg. Guesses: 10 Pretty fun!

:fox_face: Animal #89 :raccoon: I figured it out in 2 guesses! :yellow_square::green_square: :fire: 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.8 https://metazooa.com #metazooa Bow before me mortals

:racehorse: Animal #89 :honeybee: I figured it out in 3 guesses! :orange_square::yellow_square::green_square: :four_leaf_clover: Plant #28 :ear_of_rice: I figured it out in 11 guesses! :orange_square::yellow_square::brown_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square:…

:rat: Animal #89 :octopus: I figured it out in 5 guesses! :red_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::yellow_square::green_square: :fire: 1 | Avg. Guesses: 6.3 https://metazooa.com #metazooa

:seedling: Plant #28 :maple_leaf: I figured it out in 3 guesses! :yellow_square::green_square::green_square: :fire: 3 | Avg. Guesses: 8

:spider: Animal #89 :octopus: I figured it out in 2 guesses! :yellow_square::green_square: :fire: 1 | Avg. Guesses: 8.5

Wordle-like games for guessing plants and animals

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Plant #28
I figured it out in 3 guesses!

3 | Avg. Guesses: 8

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