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3 matchups tagged Hymenoptera.

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.

5 weeks ago · 6 min

A metallic emerald-green jewel wasp with red-orange upper legs perched on a leaf

An Atlantic mudskipper resting on wet mud with bulging eyes set high on its head

A live Pyrenean desman cupped in a hand, showing its long trunk-like snout

A common potoo perched upright on a branch with mottled grey-brown camouflage plumage

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.

6 weeks ago · 5 min

A shoebill standing upright showing its massive clog-shaped hooked bill and pale grey plumage

A shaggy striped hairy frogfish resting on the seafloor covered in whisker-like skin spines

A bright red and black fuzzy velvet ant, a wingless wasp, walking on the ground

A long-eared jerboa, a tiny desert rodent with enormous ears and long hind legs

Shoebill vs Hairy Frogfish vs Velvet Ant vs Long-Eared Jerboa: A Statue That Swallows Crocodiles, a Fish in a Bad Wig, a Wasp Named After Killing Cattle It Never Killed, and a Rodent That Is 80 Percent Ears

Four kingdoms of vibe, zero theme, one winner. Judged only on cool, weird, and gross.

6 weeks ago · 5 min

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