Wild Cards - Who's Hiding?

Posted by Elizabeth Yetter Jul 24, 2008

Wild Cards: Who's Hiding? is a deck of 48 animal cards put out by Birdcage Press (ISBN 978-1559960039-0). Each card features a critter that is camouflaged in its natural environment. Some of the animals are easy to spot in the picture, such as the saw whet owl, but other critters are more difficult to find, like the yellow pygmy seahorse that looks just like the coral.

The animals are divided into goups. In the birds group there are black skimmers, ostriches, saw whet owls, and willow ptarmigans. For sea creatures there's the clownfish, moray eel, pygmy seahorse, and scorpionfish. Insects include the false leaf katydid, leaf insect, one-eyed sphinx, and orchid mantis. For amphibians there's the eyelash leaf frog, fowler's toad, Panamanian golden frog, and red spotted newt. The reptiles are Elliot's chameleons, green snakes, spectacled caimans, and thorny devils. Finally, for mammals there are cheetahs, ermines, night monkeys, and zebras.

Aside from spotting each animal on its card, Wild Cards: Who's Hiding? can also be used to play three different card games: Old Toad (played like Old Maid), Memory, and Go Fish.

Wild Cards: Who's Hiding? is a fun, educational, and versatile deck of cards that children will love to look at, play with, and collect.