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#Carnivora

2 matchups tagged Carnivora.

A long-legged maned wolf with reddish fur and black stocking legs stretching outdoors

A pale, translucent Antarctic blackfin icefish with a large mouth and dark fins, photographed at Palmer Station, Antarctica

Honeypot ant repletes hanging from the nest with round, swollen, amber abdomens full of stored nectar

A southern cassowary standing, showing its glossy black body, blue and red neck, red wattles, and grey casque

Maned Wolf vs Blackfin Icefish vs Honeypot Ant vs Southern Cassowary: A Fox on Stilts That Pees Weed, a Fish With Clear Blood, a Living Honey Balloon, and a Bird That Kicks Like a Velociraptor

One grassland stilt-dog, one Antarctic ghost fish, one ant that turned itself into a snack jar, and one bird that files taxes as a war crime. Only one gets the crown.

6 weeks ago · 6 min

A shaggy black binturong with a long tail resting on a wooden platform

A dark giant vinegaroon with pincer-like pedipalps and a long thin whip tail on soil

Historical scientific illustration of the pelican eel with an enormous mouth and long whip tail

A mata mata turtle with a knobby leaf-like shell and a broad flat triangular head underwater

Binturong vs Vinegaroon vs Pelican Eel vs Mata Mata Turtle: A Bearcat That Smells Like Movie Popcorn, an Arachnid That Sprays Vinegar From Its Butt, an Eel That Is 90 Percent Mouth, and a Turtle Pretending to Be Wet Garbage

One mammal, one arachnid, one fish, one reptile, zero good decisions. Four wildly unrelated animals enter, and I judge them on how cool, weird, and gross they are.

6 weeks ago · 6 min

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