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#Eulipotyphla

3 matchups tagged Eulipotyphla.

Jewel Wasp vs Atlantic Mudskipper vs Pyrenean Desman vs Common Potoo: A Wasp That Does Brain Surgery on Roaches and Walks Them to Their Grave, a Fish That Went for a Walk, a Trumpet-Nosed Mole That Eats Half Itself Daily, and a Bird That Turns Into a Log and Watches You Through Shut Eyes

Four animals, zero things in common, one crown. We judge on cool, weird, and gross, the only metrics that have ever mattered.

4 weeks ago · 5 min

Hispaniolan Solenodon vs Barreleye vs Lord Howe Tree Lobster: A Venomous Fossil That Smells Like a Goat, a Fish With a See-Through Skull, and a Bug That Came Back From the Dead

A mammal older than the last dinosaurs, a fish that looks up through its own transparent forehead, and the rarest insect on Earth walk into a bar. One leaves with a crown.

5 weeks ago · 5 min

Star-Nosed Mole vs Mantis Shrimp vs Bombardier Beetle: A Nose That Sees, a Fist That Boils Water, and a Butt That Shoots Boiling Acid

A blind mammal that eats faster than you can blink, a shrimp that punches at handgun speeds, and a beetle running a chemical reactor in its abdomen. Three creatures, three felonies against good taste, one winner.

6 weeks ago · 5 min