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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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A tiny pink snake attempting to swallow a giant centipede.

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Creaturefector

Why Do Snakes Eat Things Big Enough To Kill Them?

A general view of Trix the female the T-Rex exhibition at the Naturalis or Natural History Museum of Leiden on October 17, 2016 in Leiden, Netherlands. The skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex was excavated in 2013 in Montana, USA, by Naturalis Biodiversity Center. The fossil is part of the Naturalis collection and is more than 80% of the bone volume present. All essential and high­volume bones are in place. This places Trix in the top 3 ranking of the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons in the world. In addition, all the bones are extremely well preserved. The quality of this fossil is unmatched by any other large T-Rex find in the world.

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The T. Rex Species Saga, Explained

Two brown-lipped snails, cepea nemoralis, on the concrete.

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I Must Protect The Snails In My Backyard From Myself

The new fossil fish, Qikiqtania wakei, with its famous cousin Tiktaalik below.

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Animals

New Fossil Fish Flirted With The Idea Of Legs But Kept On Swimming

A deep-sea cusk eek in the family Bassozetus glimpsed in the Central Pacific Basin.

Mountains in the Deep: Exploring the Central Pacific Basin

Rays Week

New Assfish Photo Just Dropped

The newly described Malagasy litterhopper, Valalyllum folium.

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New Leaf-Like Insect Just Dropped

A pigeon nest comprising of a single stick and egg on top of a bed.

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Birdfector

Why Do Pigeon Nests Look So Shitty? An Investigation

A small giant squid frozen into the shape of a cube

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What’s Inside The Squid Cube?

A pumpkin toadlet jumps and does not stick the landing

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Why Is This Tiny Frog So Awful At Jumping?

a photo of the house centipede, Scutigera coleoptrata

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How I Learned To Stop Worrying About Their Many Tiny Legs And Love The House Centipede

how did all these weirdos get here