Eagles vs. Beagles: This madness can’t be legal!

From the people who brought you Seagulls vs. Bagels, comes a competition of even greater absurdity!  And also rhyming!

eagles, beagles, Eyewire, citizen science

Meet your competitors here:

Eagles

eagles, Eyewire, citizen science

  • The choice of freedom fry consumers across the land
  • Makes a great back tattoo
  • Epitomizes the expression “Bald is beautiful”!

Did you know:

Ever been told your keen eyesight means you have “eagle eyes”?  There’s a reason why! Eagles’ eyes have a million light-sensitive cells per square mm of retina which is five times greater than a human’s 200,000 per square mm. Humans have 3 basic color receptors, but eagles have five!  Studies also suggest that some eagles can spot rabbit-sized prey up to two miles away.  An eagle retina would make for a pretty interesting dataset dontchathink?

Beagles

beagles, Eyewire, citizen science

  • Ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog
  • 5th most popular American dog breed according to the American Kennel Club
  • The nose knows

Did you know:

What’s that smell?  Ask your beagle!  Beagles have about 220 million scent receptors in their noses.  Compare that with humans who have only a measly 5 million.  Bred as scenthounds, beagles love a good sniff, and are sometimes used by law enforcement for contraband detection.

Eagles or beagles, which animal will take it all? The battle begins at 11:00 AM EDT on 6/16 and run for 24 hours.

The usual bonuses
Earn 5,000 points – 2,500 bonus
Earn 15,000 points – 5,000 bonus
Earn 25,000 points – 10,000 bonus
For every 25,000 points above 25,000 – 5,000 bonus
Member of winning team (if you’ve scored at least 2,500 points) – 10,000 bonus
Highest scorer on each team – 5,000 bonus
Player with #1 overall score – 10,000 bonus
Player with #2 overall score – 5,000 bonus
Player with #3 overall score – 2,500 bonus

Feature art by Maddi Coyne and Grace Emmet.

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