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#Lophiiformes

2 matchups tagged Lophiiformes.

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

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.

6 weeks ago · 5 min

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