Metazooa
Find the mystery animal. Each guess shows the ancestor where your animal split from the answer.
DleBox's guide
Metazooa hides an animal on the tree of life. You guess an animal. The reply is not warmer or colder on a map. It shows how far back you have to go to find a common ancestor, and it names that branching point. A guess of a near relative is more useful than a guess of a famous animal in another branch. The puzzle is taxonomy, even when you do not know the Latin.
The daily animal is shared. DleBox does not host the tree and does not name the animal. The button opens metazooa.com. Countryle narrows with facts about a country. Metazooa narrows with clades. Redactle narrows a document. None of those feedbacks is a substitute for the tree.
A player who only names charismatic animals will get a lot of distant branches. The useful guess is the one that splits the remaining group in half. This page will not suggest today's split. A screenshot of the tree late in the round is close to an answer, and we will not redraw it.
Rules
- You guess animals.
- The reply names a common ancestor with the answer.
- A nearer branch is a better clue.
- One animal is the daily answer.
- DleBox does not name it.
Why we like it
- ✓ A close species teaches you more than a famous one.
- ✓ The tree is a map you can reuse tomorrow.
- ✓ The feedback is a fact, not a color.
Play Metazooa when you like a search with a real structure. Krillion can ask you to name an animal only if that prompt is in our list, and the score is rarity, not ancestry. The games are not interchangeable.
Guessing 'dog' when the answer is a beetle tells you almost nothing you did not know. Guessing a beetle tells you which branch of insects you are in. DleBox does not name a clade for today. metazooa.com draws the tree. This page only insists that fame is a weak heuristic. The useful animal is the one that cuts the remaining group, even if you have never seen one outside a diagram. Fame is a weak first guess. A nearby species teaches more than a famous mascot ever will. Cut the group.
About the game
Metazooa is published by Metazooa. DleBox did not make that game. This page names the maker and links over. It does not speak for them.
- Category:
- Trivia. Open the Trivia category.
- Updates:
- Once a day on the original site.
- Reset:
- This page does not state their timezone. The original game shows the day's puzzle.