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This is Defector, a new sports blog and media company. We made this place together, we own it together, we run it together. Without access, without favor, without discretion, and without interference.

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Defector's 5th Birthday Party is on September 10 in Brooklyn

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Birthday party 2025

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Sabrina Imbler

a swarm of bumblebee catfish climbing the vertical rock of a waterfall

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Where Are You Going, Fish?

an illustration of two bats together, one with a rat. the next panel shows the two bats biting the rat together

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Brother May I Have Some Rat

<a href="http://www.ddavisla.com">David Davis </a>is the author of Wheels of Courage: How Paralyzed Veterans From World War II Invented Wheelchair Sports, Fought for Disability Rights, and Inspired a Nation and Waterman: The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku. He lives in Los Angeles.
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David Davis

UNIONDALE, NEW YORK - CIRCA 2000: Photographer Bruce Bennett photographers a battle between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the of the New York Islanders circa 1990 in Uniondale, New York. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Bruce Bennett Studios via Getty Images)

Bruce Bennett Collection

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After 50 Years Of Shooting Hockey, Bruce Bennett Finds An Even Tougher Challenge: Birds

A photo of a green fla-necked chameleon posing against a swirly yellow and green background

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Chameleons Endure Tiny Knock To Colorful Reputation

Adelie penguins on nests, Antarctica.

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How Climate Change Is Transforming The Soundtrack Of The Natural World

a 3D-printed crab named Wavy Dave is waving his claw at a fiddler crab in the distance

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The Brief Adventures Of Wavy Dave

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Behold: A Surprisingly Beautiful Depiction Of Being Swallowed By A Toothy Penis Worm

the behind of a chimp named Juma, who is displaying a behavior called grass-in-rear, in which a strand of grass dangles from his rectum

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Innovation Strikes In The Field Of Chimpanzee Rectum Adornment

a trio of chilean flamingos, with the Bills Week logo

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Bills Week

Why Do Flamingos Eat So Weird?

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Barry Petchesky

28 April 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Donaueschingen: A mallard duck swims in a pond in Donaueschingen Castle Park. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Spring in Baden-W√ºrttemberg

Bill Shapes, Ranked

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Kathryn Xu

Common loon flapping its wings in the morning

Fatal Battles In Common Loons: A Subsequent Analysis

Visual Editor. Runs <a href="http://defectorstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">defectorstore.com</a>. Philadelphia-based, if you couldn’t tell.

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Dan McQuade

A cat on a fake baseball card. He's grey and little and next to a keyboard. There is a wood border around the card, with the Toledo Mud Hens logo in the corner, and a Defector logo in the other corner, and WEBLEY: Toledo Mud Hens

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The Newest Toledo Mud Hen Is A Purrfect Midseason Addition

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The “Tooth Hurty” Joke Has Its Origins In Ancient, Armored Fish

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Patrick Redford

A baseball game being projected onto the side of a French bulldog.

This Is So Stupid

Let’s Figure Out What Dodgers Game They Watched On The Bulldog

Picture of Colossal’s Dire Wolves; Romulus and Remus at age three months. Born 10/1/2024

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Colossal Biosciences Can’t Have It Both Ways

Investigations Editor. You can contact her at diana@defector.com or dfmoskovitz@protonmail.com. She&#8217;s also on Signal @dmoskovitz.99

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Diana Moskovitz

A photo of two cats, Chuck and Purrle. Chuck is a brown and golden striped tabby, toward the back, while Purrle is a black cat toward the front. They are sitting next to each other on a bed.

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Meet Chuck And Purrle, The Newest Members Of The Defector Pet Family

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Albert Burneko

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For Bea

A grey tabby cat with some white features on the bottom of her head in a small yurt-like cat cave. She has one paw out, and is looking at the camera.

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Oh No, It’s Another Emotional Story About My Cat!

three bone collector caterpillars, which are caterpillars covered in the bodies of insects they've eaten

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The Very Grisly Caterpillar

a close-up shot of a large gray bird called a harpy eagle looking unrepentant in a tree

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Yes, I Attacked That Woman, And I’d Do It Again

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Samer Kalaf

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The Nationals Know What Goes Great Together: Dogs And Fireworks

Participants take part in the Corgi Derby at Musselburgh Racecourse, Musselburgh, East Lothian, as part of its Easter Saturday race day celebration. Picture date: Saturday April 19, 2025.

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Please Enjoy These Images Of The 2025 Corgi Derby

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This Leaf Tip Ain’t Big Enough For The Two Of Us

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For Chop

1990s Single Male Anna Hummingbird Calypte Anna Western USA And Canada (Photo by T. Ulrich/Classicstock/Getty Images)

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The Hummingbirds Brought Me Around