IAS News

Seven Lakes H.S. (Katy, TX)

Harriton H.S. (Rosemont, PA)

Mason H.S. (Mason, OH)

Solon H.S. (Solon, OH)

Troy H.S. (Fullerton, CA-S)

New Trier H.S. (Winnetka, IL)

Madison West H.S. (Madison, WI)

Monta Vista H.S. (Cupertino, CA-N)

Marquette University H.S. (Milwaukee, WI)

Montgomery H.S. (Skillman, NJ)

'Iolani School (Honolulu, HI)

Novi H.S. (Novi, MI)

Pioneer H.S. (Ann Arbor, MI)

William G. Enloe H.S. (Raleigh, NC)

TJHSST (Alexandria, VA)

Cumberland Valley H.S. (Mechanicsburg, PA)

Adlai E. Stevenson H.S. (Lincolnshire, IL)

Stuyvesant H.S. (New York, NY)

Walton H.S. (Marietta, GA)

Carmel H.S. (Carmel, IN)

Centennial H.S. (Ellicott City, MD)

Ladue Horton Watkins H.S. (St. Louis, MO)

NCSSM (Durham, NC)

Boca Raton Community H.S. (Boca Raton, FL)

Barrington H.S. (Barrington, RI)

White Station H.S. (Memphis, TN)

duPont Manual H.S. (Louisville, KY)

Homeschool Science Colorado (Colorado Springs, CO)

South Windsor H.S. (South Windsor, CT)

BASIS Chandler (Chandler, AZ)

Baton Rouge Magnet H.S. (Baton Rouge, LA)

Charter School of Wilmington (Wilmington, DE)

Phillips Exeter Academy (Exeter, NH)

Blue Valley West H.S. (Overland Park, KS)

BASIS Washington, D.C. (Washington, DC)

Casady School (Oklahoma City, OK)

Morgantown H.S. (Morgantown, WV)

Clinton H.S. (Clinton, SC)

Hamilton H.S. (Hamilton, MT)

Bentonville West H.S. (Centerton, AR)

Kelly Walsh H.S. (Casper, WY)

Acton-Boxborough Regional H.S. (Acton, MA)

Jordan H.S. (Fulshear, TX)

Mounds View H.S. (Arden Hills, MN)

Great Neck South H.S. (Great Neck, NY)

The Frazer School (Gainesville, FL)

Tesla STEM H.S. (Redmond, WA)

Chattahoochee H.S. (Johns Creek, GA)

Advanced Technologies Academy (Las Vegas, NV)

James Clemens H.S. (Huntsville, AL)

West H.S. (Salt Lake City, UT)

Socorro High School (Socorro, NM)

Sunset High School (Portland, OR)

Cedar Falls H.S. (Cedar Falls, IA)

Lincoln East High School (Lincoln, NE)

Yankton H.S. (Yankton, SD)

Deering H.S. (Portland, ME)

Davies H.S. (Fargo, ND)

Northwest Rankin H.S. (Flowood, MS)

West Windsor-Plainsboro H.S. North (Plainsboro, NJ)

Nampa H.S. (Nampa, ID)

Pembroke Hill School (Kansas City, MO)

Adrian's Barbershop (Woburn, MA)

Lexington H.S. (Lexington, MA)

Liberal Arts and Science Academy (Austin, TX)

Fulton Science Academy (Alpharetta, GA)

Syosset H.S. (Syosset, NY)

C.G. Woodson H.S. (Fairfax, VA)

Bothell H.S. (Bothell, WA)

Ed W. Clark H.S. (Las Vegas, NV)

Archimedean Upper Conservatory (Miami, FL)

Ames H.S. (Ames, IA)

Eagan H.S. (Eagan, MN)

Waterford School (Sandy, UT)

Jesuit H.S. (Portland, OR)

Alabama School of Fine Arts (Birmingham, AL)

Lincoln Science Focus Program H.S. (Lincoln, NE)

La Cueva H.S. (Albuquerque, NM)

Century H.S. (Bismarck, ND)

Falmouth H.S. (Falmouth, ME)

Parklane Academy (McComb, MS)

Mountain View H.S. (Mountain View, CA-N)

West Windsor-Plainsboro H.S. South (West Windsor, NJ)

Castro Valley H.S. (Castro Valley, CA-N)

Lower Merion H.S. (Ardmore, PA)

Ward Melville H.S. (East Setauket, NY)

Jericho H.S. (Jericho, NY)

Interlake H.S. (Bellevue, WA)

Munster H.S. (Munster, IN)

Troy H.S. (Troy, MI)

Oakton H.S. (Vienna, VA)

Northridge H.S. (Middlebury, IN)

Northville H.S. (Northville, MI)

Davidson Academy (Reno, NV)

Brookwood H.S. (Snellville, GA)

Fossil Ridge H.S. (Fort Collins, CO)

James S. Rickards H.S. (Tallahassee, FL)

Camas H.S. (Camas, WA)

Ravenwood H.S. (Brentwood, TN)

Blue Valley North H.S. (Overland Park, KS)

Olathe North H.S. (Olathe, KS)

Westview H.S. (Portland, OR)

Lebanon H.S. (Lebanon, NH)

Bismarck H.S. (Bismarck, ND)

Burr and Burton Academy (Manchester, VT)

Waynflete School (Portland, ME)

Madison Central H.S. (Madison, MS)

Montgomery Blair H.S. (Silver Spring, MD)

Richard Montgomery H.S. (Rockville, MD)

Tiger - Panthera tigris

Dolphin - Tursiops truncatus

Elephant - Loxodonta africana 🥈🥈

Penguin - Aptenodytes forsteri

Lion - Panthera leo 🥈🥉

Sea Otter - Enhydra lutris

Honey Badger - Mellivora capensis 🥈

[⚔️Frontrunner] Polar Bear - Ursus maritimus 🥈

Wolverine - Gulo gulo

Cape Buffalo - Syncerus caffer caffer

Yellow-Lipped Sea Krait - Laticauda colubrina

Blue Whale - Balaenoptera musculus

Common Bed Bug - Cimex lectularius

Giant Nematode - Placentonema gigantissima

Pompeii Worm - Alvinella pompejana

Sperm Whale - Physeter macrocephalus

Giant Pacific Octopus - Enteroctopus dofleini 🥉

Sonoran Desert Sidewinder - Crotalus cerastes cercobombus

Brown Rat - Rattus norvegicus 🥉

House Mouse - Mus musculus domesticus

Ice Worm - mesenchytraeus solifugus

Sulfur Cave Molly - Poecilia sulphuraria

Meerkat - Suricata suricatta 🥉

Housefly - Musca domestica 🥉

Feral pigeon - Columba livia urbana

Coyote - Canis latrans

Great black-backed gull - Larus marinus 🥉

Leopard seal - Hydrurga leptonyx 🥉

Western lowland gorilla - Gorilla gorilla gorilla 🥈

Eastern lowland gorilla - Gorilla beringei graueri

Brownthroated three-toed sloth - Bradypus variegatus 🥉

Bornean orangutan - Pongo pygmaeus

[⚔️Underdog] Cat - Felis catus 🥉

❌Defeated: Penis snake - Atretochoana eiselti [beat by Cat]

❌Defeated: Hippopotamus - Hippopotamus amphibius 🥈🥈🥈 [beat by Brown Rat]

❌Defeated: Dog - Canis familiaris 🥉🥈 [beat by Leopard seal]

❌Defeated: Giant Panda - Ailuropoda melanoleuca [beat by Polar Bear]

❌Defeated: Axolotl - Ambystoma mexicanum [beat by Great black-backed gull]

❌Defeated: Orca - Orcinus orca [beat by Housefly]

❌Defeated: Hotwheels sisyphus spider - Hotwheels sisyphus [beat by Saltwater Crocodile]

❌Defeated: Saltwater Crocodile - Crocodylus porosus 🥈🥈🥈🥈 [beat by Red Fox]

🚫Ineligible: Water bear - Milnesium tardigradum

❌Defeated: Ping-Pong Tree Sponge - Chondrocladia concrescens 🥉 [beat by Prehistoric Elephant]

🚫Ineligible: human [I'm shortening this]

🚫Ineligible: Tardigrade (LFG)

Great White Shark - Carcharodon carcharias [beat by Lion]

🚫Ineligible: [This animal was edited in bad faith]

❌Defeated: Wolf - Canis lupus [beat by Prehistoric Elephant]

❌Defeated: Red Fox - Vulpes vulpes 🥉🥈 [beat by Giant Pacific Octopus]

❌Defeated: Cliff Swallow - Petrochelidon pyrrhonota [beat by Elephant]

❌Defeated: Platypus - Ornithorhynchus anatinus 🥉🥉 [beat by Western Lowland Gorilla]

❌Defeated: Haast's Eagle - Hieraaetus moorei [beat by Prehistoric Elephant]

❌Defeated: Flightless Elephant Bird - Aepyornis maximus [beat by Saltwater Crocodile]

❌Defeated: Prehistoric Elephant - Palaeoloxodon namadicus [beat by Dog]🥉🥉🥈

❌Defeated: Great evening bat - Ia io [beat by Lion]

❌Defeated: Funny valentine spider - Funny valentine [beat by Dermophis donaldtrumpi Caecilian]

❌Defeated: Yi qi dinosaur - Yi qi [beat by Elephant]

❌Defeated: Aha ha wasp - Aha ha [beat by Hippopotamus]

❌Defeated: Colossal Whale - Perucetus colossus [beat by Meerkat]

❌Defeated: Cuban Cockroach - Panchlora nivea [beat by Hippopotamus]

❌Defeated: Panther Chameleon - Furcifer pardalis [beat by Saltwater Crocodile]

❌Defeated: Giant Dragonfly - Meganeuropsis permiana [beat by Red Fox]

❌Defeated: Triceratops - Triceratops horridus [beat by Red Volcano Sponge]

❌Defeated: Giant Pterosaur - Quetzalcoatlus northropi [beat by Ping-Pong Tree Sponge]

❌Defeated: Lesser Flamingo - Phoeniconaias minor [beat by Honey Badger]

❌Defeated: Kiwi - Apteryx australis [beat by Dog]

❌Defeated: Red Volcano Sponge - Acarnus Erithacus 🥉[beat by Platypus]

❌Defeated: Dermophis donaldtrumpi Caecilian - Dermophis donaldtrumpi 🥈[beat by Brownthroated three-toed sloth]

❌Defeated: New World Screwworm - Cochliomyia hominivorax [beat by Hippopotamus]

❌Defeated: Chinese giant salamander - Andrias davidianus [beat by Saltwater Crocodile]

🚫Ineligible: [edited in bad faith]

❌Defeated: Australopithecus - Australopithecus afarensis [beat by Platypus]

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