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Barry Petchesky

A mudskipper jumping to impress another mudskipper

Sports Highlight Of The Day

The Sports Highlight Of The Day Is A Horny Fish Jumping Competition

Collared Peccary or Javelina is widespread through the Southwestern United States and Central and South America. It is not a member of the pig family, despite its looks.

I Ate All Your Precious Golf Worms And I’d Do It Again

Brandi Brown

A child and llama competing in the Llama-Alpaca Costume Contest at the Minnesota State Fair.

Life's Rich Pageant

What I Saw At The Minnesota State Fair’s Llama-Alpaca Experience


<p>Dan McQuade was a founding member of Defector. He died in January 2026.</p>


Dan McQuade

Devin the Dugong superimposed over the SMU mascot laying in a pool of confetti

This Is So Stupid

Devin The Defector Dugong Is A Roaring Success In Earned Media

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Brigid Christison

The Dead And The Beautiful

Tom Ley

A super cute dog from the pet sematary:bloodlines trailer

Apologies To The Makers Of The ‘Pet Sematary’ Prequel, But I Would Call This Dog “My Little Sweetie Baby” And Rub Its Belly

A drawn still from Diana's Piano. It looks hand drawn, maybe even even pencil marks. A red-headed girl with a white cat next to her plays a grand piano in a pink-ish void.

“Diana’s Piano” And All The Cats I’ve Loved And Lost

Samer Kalaf

A t-shirt with a three-by-three grid. Each box has two cows standing in front of the state of New Hampshire. The bottom of the shirt says "... enough said!"

What Does This Cow Shirt Mean?


<p>charismatic megafauna (they/them)</p>


Sabrina Imbler

Dominant male orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) with large cheek flaps pointing his finger at his face, Borneo, Indonesia.

These Orangutans May Not Be Beatboxing But They’re Definitely Doing Something

<p>A. Frog is a freelance writer living in Japan.</p>


A. Frog

I Messed Up Again

Yankee fans react SHOCKED to a squirrel on the outfield wall. Four guys, three really shocked the other kind of just looking at his phone.

Squirrel Terrifies Yankees Fans

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


Drew Magary

My Dog Has Messy Dingleberries. Is Wokeism To Blame?

Patrick Redford

Laura Wagner

SIENA, ITALY - MARCH 04: Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx attacks while a horse gallops beside her during the Eroica - 9th Strade Bianche 2023, Women's a 136km one day race from Siena to Siena 318m / #StradeBianche / on March 04, 2023 in Siena, Italy. (Photo by Luc Claessen/Getty Images)

Cycling

Wannabe Cyclist Horse Steals The Show At A Spicy Strade Bianche

Kelsey McKinney

Pretty Neat. Defector Outlines Hiring Process That Landed Devin The Dugong

Ray Ratto

BOTSWANA - 2014/06/12: Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in river near Chitabe in the Okavango Delta in northern part of Botswana. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Here’s To Hippos

Oh No! The Big, Beautiful Owl Got Out!

A domestic pigeon that has been dyed pink with hair dye.

Justice For Flamingo, Who Did Not Consent To Being Dyed Pink

Canadians Jubilant Despite Unexpected Death Of Weather-Predicting Rodent Fred La Marmotte

An extremely fluffy gray cat called the Pallas Cat snarling at the camera

World’s Crankiest Cat Found On World’s Tallest Mountain

A paleoart illustration of the pterosaur Balaenognathus maeuseri, showing a creature with a long bill that tapers to a flat end, lots of tiny verticle teeth, and a red beady eye staring out from an orange and blue face.

Now That’s What I Call Teeth!

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 26: Sophomore Paige James, center, touches a hippo statue for luck as she leads admitted George Washington University students and their parents on a tour of the campus before deciding on whether or not to enroll on April, 26, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Death To The NCAA

Official George Washington University Statement: Hippos Are Not Free To Be Bold

A Caravaggio-esque photo of a tree frog being stung inside the mouth by the two-pronged genital spines of a wasp. Ouch!