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FREE PLAY · MEMORY TRAIL

Animal memory game.
Make a wild connection.

Ten field cards hide five animal-to-place connections. Remember what you uncover, study mismatches for as long as you need and build a trail of discoveries.

How to play ↓
5 pairs · No timerNo accountNo timer
✦ Free guest play♧ Source-linked explanations◎ Keyboard alternatives↗ Five animal–place pairs
YOUR LITTLE RITUAL

One small discovery. Every day.

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LOOK. THINK. DISCOVER.

How to play Wild connections

01

Turn over a card

Use a pointer, touch or keyboard to reveal a field card. It will show an animal or the place asked for in its original geography question.

02

Find its partner

Open a second card. Matching animal-and-place pairs stay visible. Mismatches remain open until you choose to turn them back over.

03

Keep the connection

Complete five pairs and read the sourced summary. Pay attention to question scope: Tasmania refers to the thylacine’s last surviving island population.

THE RULES, UP FRONT

How scoring works

Five pairs, up to 5,000 points. Every two-card attempt counts as one move. The first five moves have no penalty; each extra move subtracts 150 points, with a minimum score of zero. Reading time never affects the score.

MORE THAN A SCORE

What you’ll discover

Connect names to meaningful geography while practicing memory. Understand why a matching place may represent a native island or last surviving population without being a complete species-range map.

A few clues for your first game

  • Use the row and card positions to remember what you revealed.
  • Take time to read a mismatch before turning it back over.
  • If a place seems surprising, check the scope note rather than assuming it describes the animal’s entire range.
BEFORE YOUR FIRST DISCOVERY

Questions about this game

Is this a picture-pair memory game?

No. This version pairs animal names with the places asked for in the original geography questions. Cards are text-based and keyboard operable.

Will cards flip back before I can read them?

No. Mismatched cards remain visible until you press the turn-back button. There is no forced reading timer.

Can I resume later?

Yes, when browser storage is available. The saved expedition includes revealed cards, matched pairs and move count on that device.

Ready to follow your curiosity?

5 pairs · No timer. Free guest play, with no time pressure.

KEEP THE DISCOVERIES COMING
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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.
YOUR PERSONAL FIELD NOTES

Little discoveries add up.

Saved only on this device. These are personal play records, not a global leaderboard.

Reset these saved games?

This clears the game library’s current expedition, personal records and shared daily streak on this device. It does not change the original globe game or your tools or animal collections.

Leave this expedition?

Your progress stays on this device when browser storage is available.