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A red-lipped batfish resting on the seafloor, showing its bright red lips and limb-like fins

A lowland streaked tenrec with black fur and bright yellow stripes of spines along its back

A wetapunga giant weta, a very large flightless cricket relative, perched on a branch

Red-Lipped Batfish vs Lowland Streaked Tenrec vs Wetapunga: A Fish in Lipstick That Can't Swim, a Mammal That Plays Itself Like a Violin, and a Bug as Heavy as a Sparrow

Three classes, three island nations, zero good decisions. We judge a Galapagos fish, a Madagascan stridulating mammal, and the heaviest insect ever weighed.

3h ago · 5 min

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