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Cards are 7 x 5 Inches, blank inside and printed on 300gsm Board

 

Dolphin - Card

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Dolphins are common in greek mythology, and many coins from ancient Greece have been found which feature a man, a boy or a deity riding...

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Owl in the Forest - Card

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In Roman and Celtic mythology owls are associated with wisdom. But they are also associated with the darker aspects of our psyche. This is probably...

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Peacock - Card

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In Greek Mythology, Hera, the queen of the gods has her chariot pulled by peacocks. In Indian and Greek mythology Peacocks feature and as symbols...

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Giraffe - Card

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How the giraffe got its long neck has been the subject of various African folktales, including one from eastern Africa which explains that the giraffe...

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Hopping Bunny - Card

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Rabbits have long been considered symbols of fertility or rebirth, often associated with Spring, the season of new beginnings.  They are also a notable motif...

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Runner Ducks - Card

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The duck test is a form of abductive reasoning. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then...

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Pelican - Card

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The pelican is associated in Ancient Egypt to the afterlife. It was believed to be a protective symbol. The pelican is referred to in the...

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Bear in the Snow - Card

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The constellations of Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, are named for their supposed resemblance to bears (great and little bear). Ursa Major has been associated...

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Leaping Reindeer - Card

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“The Night Before Christmas” was written in 1822 by Clement C Moore for his children. It was the first record of reindeer pulling Santa’s sleigh....

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Panda - Card

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It's tough being a panda. Pandas eat bamboo and because it is low in nutrition, they have to eat  a lot of it and spend...

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Puffins - Card

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Drangey island is one of North Iceland’s most iconic sights. It is home to countless puffins. One of the oldest legends about the island tells...

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Polar Bear Swimming - Card

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The actual scientific name for the polar bear is Ursa Maritimus, which in Latin translates as Sea Bear. This title’s very appropriate considering the sea...

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Koala Bears - Card

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Koalas are very snoozy. They sleep 20 hours per day! Blame it on the eucalypt diet. It has limited nutritional and caloric content. In the...

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Racing Turtle - Card

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The world turtle in hindu mythology is a giant turtle that supports the world. It is known as Akupāra. It is not alone with this...

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Sloth - Card

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Aergia is a greek goddess, she is the personification of sloth, She is one of the children of the primordial deities Aether (air) and Gaia...

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Two Robins - Card

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It seems the English grammarians are yet to settle on a collective noun for robins, with options ranging from ‘a riot of robins’ to ‘a...

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Pink Hare - Card

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Why are hares associated with the moon? Hares are fundamentally nocturnal. Nighttime was once a very dangerous place and the moon was once believed to...

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Alpaca - Card

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The South American Incas were famous for their remarkable use of gold. Not only did they make jewellery and elaborate head dresses out of this precious metal,...

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Seagull - Card

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In Welsh Mythology Dylan the sea god lives under the waters of Cardigan Bay. He envies an old man with three daughters. He calls up...

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Bunny - Card

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In the Jataka tales a monkey, an otter, a jackal, and a rabbit dedicate themselves to a day of charity during the full moon. Meeting...

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Stag Beetle - Card

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With names like, ‘thunder spreader ‘and ‘fire spreader’, the stag beetle is associated with the darker aspects of culture. According to British folklore, Stag Beetles...

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Bird of Paradise - Card

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It is said the first Europeans to see the birds believed they were magical creatures from heaven. Having travelled half way around the world on...

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Future Fox - Card

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The fox is represented in folklore as a trickster. One of Aesop’s Fables “The Fox and the Crow” illustrates this. It is a caution against...

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Dodo - Card

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Accounts of the Dodo suggest they were relatively fearless of man: after all, they had never experienced them before, and many would have inquisitively walked...

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Famingo - Card

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Did you know the pink colour of flamingos comes from the organic pigments in their diet of animal and plant plankton? However the pink in this flamingo comes from...

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Hare with Flowers - Card

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Why are hares associated with the moon? Hares are fundamentally nocturnal. Nighttime was once a very dangerous place and the moon was once believed to...

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Rooster with Flowers - Card

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Has anyone ever stopped to think where roosters and hens actually come from? Well, it turns out that these domesticated fowl are actually related to...

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Tyrannosaurus Rex - Card

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T. Rex, the undisputed king of the dinosaur world. This 7 tonne, 43 foot long carnivore ruled the plains of North America in the final years...

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Blue Hare - Card

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Why are hares associated with the moon? Hares are fundamentally nocturnal. Nighttime was once a very dangerous place and the moon was once believed to...

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Moses Basket - Card

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The daughter of the Pharaoh named the child Moses, which in Hebrew translates as 'drawn from the water', and in Egyptian was close to the...

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Whale - Card

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I love this story! It is old, it comes from the 2nd Centry, probably from Greece. Sailors mistake sleeping whales for islands. They would tether their ships to the “island”,...

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Penguin - Card

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So it’s official, humans love penguins, but throughout man’s history most of the human world was completely unaware of the penguins existence: they are after...

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Grass Heart - Card

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The earliest depictions of the use of the heart symbol is believed to derive from the ancient culture of Cyrene, a North African city which...

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Turquoise Squirrel - Card

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Early christian religion portrays the squirrel as stoical. An early manuscript features an image of a squirrel using its tail for shelter in a rainstorm....

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Badger - Card

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The badger has been blessed with various names over the centuries; ‘badger’ is relatively recent, traced back to 1523. Some say it comes from the...

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Lovebirds - Card

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It isn’t just humans who romanticise one another, animals do too, and funny enough some of the most affectionate animals are actually birds - and...

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Chicken - Card

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The Little Red Hen is an old folk tale, most likely of Russian origin, she finds some grains of wheat, she asks for help from the...

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Elephant with Flowers - Card

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The elephants trunk is one of the creatures most amazing assets. Our nose has 5 measly muscles, (which I think sounds a little overkill considering...

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Monkey - Card

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Monkeys are performing magic in China! During the neck and neck run up to the 2016 US election, the winning candidate was selected by a...

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Ginger Tom - Card

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In Turkish and Arabic traditions, cats have six lives. This contrasts with seven lives in Italy, Germany, Greece and Brazil. In most other countries the...

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Bunny in a Meadow - Card

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Rabbits have long been considered symbols of fertility or rebirth, often associated with spring, the season of new beginnings.  They are also a notable motif...

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Fawn in a Meadow - Card

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In Greek mythology, the deer is particularly associated with Artemis in her role as virginal huntress. When Actaeon witnesses Artemis bathing naked in a pool...

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Hare in a Meadow - Card

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In Aesop’s fable, ‘The Hare, the Hound and the Goatherd’, a dog gives chase to a hare, but upon failing to catch him the goatherd...

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Fox in a Meadow - Card

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In Aesop’s fable, ‘The Fox and the Crow’, illustrates how one ought to be wary of false flattery.  A crow has a piece of cheese...

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Ladybird - Card

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The Ladybird is sometimes called the farmer’s friend. Since ancient times she has been considered a protector of the people and their food supply. The...

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Dragonfly - Card

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In ancient times, Japan was called “Akitsushima”, a name that was given to it by the 5th century emperor, Yuryaku, and translates as, “Isle of...

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Bumblebee - Card

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Scientist Antione Magnan proved that bumblebees are incapable of flight. In his 1934 book, ‘Le Vol des Insectes’, he says, ”...prompted by what is done...

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Butterfly - Card

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The Butterfly Effect is a concept that small causes can have large effects. Edward Lorenz coined the term and gave the example of a butterfly...

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