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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.

12 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.

13 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.

13 weeks ago · 5 min

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