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FREE PLAY · HABITAT MATCH

Animal habitat game.
Find their world.

A habitat is more than a dot on a map. Study an animal’s adaptations and work out which environment makes those traits useful.

How to play ↓
5 rounds · Nature cluesNo accountNo timer
✦ Free guest play♧ Source-linked explanations◎ Keyboard alternatives↗ 19 habitat questions
YOUR LITTLE RITUAL

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LOOK. THINK. DISCOVER.

How to play Find my world

01

Meet the animal

Read a clue about its body, food or behavior. The question names the animal because the challenge is understanding habitat.

02

Match the environment

Choose from four habitat descriptions. Compare the biological clue with the conditions each option describes.

03

Understand the match

Read why the answer fits, what the simplified label leaves out and where the source information comes from.

THE RULES, UP FRONT

How scoring works

Five rounds, one committed answer per round. A correct habitat match earns 1,000 points; a wrong answer earns zero. There is no speed bonus, and all explanations remain available after you answer.

MORE THAN A SCORE

What you’ll discover

Connect habitat with feeding, breathing, movement and shelter. Distinguish Arctic from Antarctic conditions, marine from freshwater environments and broad habitat descriptions from exact species-range maps.

A few clues for your first game

  • Ask what the animal needs to eat or breathe before choosing a habitat.
  • An animal may use multiple habitats, so read the specific question rather than treating the answer as its only environment.
  • Use the linked source after a reveal to learn the details behind the simplified matching answer.
BEFORE YOUR FIRST DISCOVERY

Questions about this game

Which animals are included?

The bank contains 19 source-checked habitat questions, including polar bear, axolotl, giraffe, okapi, platypus, monarch butterfly and poison frogs.

Is a habitat answer the same as a geographic range?

No. A habitat describes environmental conditions. A species range describes where populations occur. The game’s explanations distinguish these concepts.

Can I practice questions I missed?

Yes. After a completed expedition, rounds scoring below 800 points can be revisited as separate review practice without changing your original record.

Ready to follow your curiosity?

5 rounds · Nature clues. Free guest play, with no time pressure.

KEEP THE DISCOVERIES COMING
Who am I?

Uncover a mystery animal from a trail of increasingly revealing clues.

Explore the game →Where did it live?

Follow an animal’s story. Place its home on the globe.

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Turn over field cards. Match each animal with the home in its question.

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Explore beyond the game

Continue with DodoHistory’s animal directory and free learning tools. Each existing tool has its own permanent page.

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Source-checked games · sources checked October 31, 2026; independent expert review not claimed. Finite question banks rotate and eventually repeat. Modern coastlines are navigation references, not ancient continental reconstructions. Read sources and play rules.

PLAY WITH CURIOSITY

The evidence behind the fun.

Eight game mechanics plus a daily remix. Every answer has an explanation and source. The 82 question records and country targets rotate and eventually repeat; they are source-checked on October 31, 2026, not independently expert reviewed.

Country shapes are generalized modern Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Distances and directions in Shape of the world are to representative country coordinates, not border distances. Hot & cold Earth uses nearest accepted land boundaries with a 40 km tolerance. It is a geographic puzzle, not an animal range map.

Scoring: up to 1,000 per round. Shape and hot/cold: 1,000 on attempt one, then minus 150 per extra attempt, up to six guesses. Species: minus 200 per extra clue; a wrong committed answer gets zero. Year: 1,000 × exp(−absolute year error / 30), rounded. Habitat and chronology: 1,000 correct, zero otherwise. Memory: 5,000 minus 150 per move beyond five, floored at zero. All rules appear before committing.

Use touch, mouse or keyboard. Globe movement is optional; a 2D map, place selector and coordinate form are available. Reduced motion disables reveal movement. Sound is off; there are no autoplay effects or speed bonuses.

Challenge links reproduce the same question set and order on compatible game versions. They are local, unranked and not tamper-proof. Share the link to invite someone to play the same set on DodoHistory.

Natural Earth · Public domain · Representative country coordinates · mledoze/countries · ODbL 1.0 · Adapted coordinate data · Three.js · MIT. Photographs used here retain the individual licenses listed in each reveal; historical reconstructions are labeled.
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