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I know you're curious, so here's the taxa used for our calculations, formatted as
word mentioned in song/taxon used

Blue went through the songs to find the taxa. Amy chose representative taxa. @radak, our programmer, had a fun adventure trying to get the API query to play nice.
The list is probably not exhaustive and some of them are definitely open to interpretation.

Acorns/Quercus
Bee/Anthophila
Blackbird/Turdus merula
Blue jay/Cyanocitta cristata
Bullfrog/Lithobates catesbeianus
Butterfly/Papilionoidea
Chocolate/Theobromacacao
Coral/Scleractinia, Alcyonacea
Corn/Zea mays
Dog/Canis familiaris
Dove/Columbidae
Eagle, Kite/Accipitridae
Elephant/Elephantidae
Fish/Actinopterygii
Horse/Equus caballus
Lizard/Sauria
Many veiled references/Cannabis
Monkey/Simiiformes, excluding humans
Mustard/Brassicaceae
Norwegian wood/Picea abies
Octopus/Octopoda
Onion/Allium
Penguin/Sphenisciformes
Pepper/Capsicum
Pig/Sus scrofa
Pilchards/Sardina pilchardus
Poppies/Papaveraceae
Raccoon/Procyon
Rice/Oryza sativa
Strawberry/Fragaria
Tangerines/ Citrus aurantium, Citrus deliciosa, Citrus clementina
Tiger/Panthera tigris
Truffle/Tuber
Tulips/Tulipa
Walrus/Odobenidae
Wine/Vitis vinifera
Worm/Annelida

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47851
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47357
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47491
8229
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Posted on January 18, 2021 02:27 AM by astra_the_dragon astra_the_dragon

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Posted by astra_the_dragon about 3 years ago

This is so cool!! Good job on a creative mystery category!

Posted by esummerbell about 3 years ago

So many songs. Stuck in my head. For so many days.

Posted by arboretum_amy about 3 years ago

I'd like to be, under the sea

Posted by astra_the_dragon about 3 years ago

What a fun mystery category! I’m looking forward to seeing what mystery categories are still to come.

Posted by troisha about 3 years ago

I'll be honest, this one was a little too complex/time consuming for us admins and the rest will probably be much simpler.

Posted by arboretum_amy about 3 years ago

yup. this whole event is highly experimental, it's all about learning by doing-- for the admins too, not just the participants!

Posted by astra_the_dragon about 3 years ago

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