general-phylomoji: a phylogenetic tree of emoji
Scripts to produce a phylogeny of life forms depicted by emoji.
This project was inspired by https://github.com/ghuertaramos/PlantPhylomoji.
How To Use
Install the requirements
pip3 install -r requirements.txt
Download emoji sets
./download_sets.sh
Generate phylogenetic trees
python3 src/make_svg_tree.py
Emoji Details
I decided not to include some ambiguous or species-wise redundant emoji:
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🌱 -
🌿 , sometimes interpreted as fern -
🍀 , same species as☘ , but some interpret it as Marsilea quadrifolia -
🐂 , arguably same species as🐄 -
🐏 , same species as🐑 -
🐔 , same species as🐓 -
🐛 , in some depictions a caterpillar, in others various other arthropods, not necessarily insects -
🥬 , ambiguous, either cabbage or lettuce -
🌴 , less ambiguously depicted as🥥 -
🍏 , same species as🍎 -
🌸 , hard to distinguish from🍒
Some included emoji might be not obvious:
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🦠 - bacteria -
🐦 - songbirds -
🧽 - sponges -
🚬 - tobacco -
🍺 - hops -
☕ - coffee -
🧉 - yerba mate -
🍵 - tea (Camellia sinensis) -
🌼 - daisy (although depictions in various sets may be different)