#they are so extr

[bestanimal]

Round 1 Final Stats:

The top phyla have been ranked thusly, listed here from highest ranking to lowest:

🪲 Arthropoda ~ 2,002

🐠 Chordata ~ 1,780

🐌 Mollusca ~ 1,687

🪸 Cnidaria ~ 1,307

🫓 Platyhelminthes ~ 1,217

🔫 Onychophora ~ 1,180

🔬 Tardigrada ~ 1,101

🌈 Ctenophora ~ 1,013

⭐️ Echinodermata ~ 947

🪱 Annelida ~ 681

🧽 Porifera ~ 535

👥 Bryozoa ~ 331

⚪️ Placozoa ~ 328

⛱ Brachiopoda ~ 303

⚙️ Rotifera ~ 298

🍆 Priapulida ~ 216

🧲 Phoronida ~ 178

🌍 Nematoda ~ 169

🐉 Kinorhyncha ~ 169

🌰 Hemichordata ~ 169

🎉 Loricifera ~ 147

🎗 Nemertea ~ 138

❄️ Micrognathozoa ~ 124

🧪 Xenacoelomorpha ~ 123

🍴 Entoprocta ~ 111

👛 Cycliophora ~ 110

🦷 Gnathostomulida ~ 100

🏹 Chaetognatha ~ 83

🧶 Gastrotricha ~ 82

🐙🔍 Dicyemida ~ 19

🦪🔍 Orthonectida ~ 12

🐴✂️ Nematomorpha ~ -37

The top 3 phyla are Arthropoda, Chordata, and Mollusca!

This means Arthropoda, Chordata, and Mollusca will be moving on to Round 2, and broken up by Class (or some other phylogenetic equivalent).

But that’s not all!

After Round 2, we will have an extra Round 2.5, featuring every other phylum that received over 1,000 points! This will give some of the more highly ranked phyla a second chance to move on, and make Round 3 a little more interesting.

Round 2.5 will include Cnidaria, Platyhelminthes, Tardigrada, and Ctenophora.

(Unfortunately, I can’t include Onychophora as it only contains 2 families without class or order ranking, so I will have to preemptively move them forward to Round 4 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

To give myself enough time to queue up polls, Round 2 will begin November 1st.

See you then!

Extra Awards:

Phylum Porifera

~ had the highest percentage of likes at 50.8%

Phylum Placozoa

~ had the highest amount of neutral votes at 295

Phylum Xenacoelomorpha

~ had 0 hates

Phylum Platyhelminthes

~ had the most votes at 620

~ had the highest amount of loves at 245

~ had the highest amount of likes at 204

Phylum Gastrotricha

~ had the lowest amount of favorites at 2

~ had the lowest percentage of favorites at 0.7%

Phylum Mollusca

~ had 0 dislikes

~ had the third most reblogs at 86

Phylum Entoprocta

~ had 0 hates

Phylum Phoronida

~ had 0 hates

Phylum Orthonectida

~ had the lowest amount of likes at 20

~ had the least notes at 17

~ had the least reblogs at 6

Phylum Dicyemida

~ had the least votes at 158

~ had the lowest amount of loves at 4

~ had the lowest percentage of loves at 2.5%

~ had the highest percentage of neutral votes at 67.9%

Phylum Micrognathozoa

~ was our first single species to be ranked

~ had 0 hates

Phylum Rotifera

~ had 0 hates

Phylum Nematomorpha

~ had the highest amount of dislikes at 74

~ had the highest percentage of dislikes at 30.1%

~ had the highest percentage of hates at 11.4%

~ was the only phylum with a negative ranking

Phylum Onychophora

~ had the most notes at 310

~ had the most reblogs at 115 (though a lot of them happened after the poll closed)

Phylum Arthropoda

~ was the only phylum to get over 2,000 points

~ had the second most reblogs at 101

~ had 0 hates

Phylum Echinodermata

~ had the highest percentage of loves at 52.8%

~ was the only phylum to not receive any dislikes or hates

Phylum Chordata

~ had the highest amount of favorites at 334

~ had the highest percentage of favorites at 71.5%

~ had the lowest percentage of likes at 4.9%

~ had the lowest percentage of neutral votes at 0.6%

~ had the highest amount of hates at 37

[summersschmidt]

ALSO, OUR CATBOI POSTED BLACK CAT!!! HE'S ALSO ONE TO TAKE PICS OF AND POST RANDOM CATS 😻

[catherine-sketches]

Thinking about Charles Xavier, who is simultaneously aware of everyone but at the same time not because if he was himself to the fullest people find him upsetting and rude and nosy

Thinking about his unshakable sense of morality, right and wrong and justice that he formed at the age of 9 and has kept ever since, with modifications along the years but those core values remain

Thinking about how the overstimulation of a thousand voices in his head drove him to self medicate to the point of nearly addiction

Thinking about how he has difficulty reading people when his power is not in use, ending up saying the worst things without meaning to upset no one

Thinking about how everyone should be “mutant and proud” except Charles over there that is too passing to be a mutant but too weird to be a human and simultaneously his mutation, the way his brain is fucking wired, is too inconvenient for everyone around him mutant and human alike to accept

Charles Xavier they would never make me hate you. You and your autism telepathy

[bunnnaraa]

" A daughter's sacrifice for a daughter's freedom " please as if marrying a rich Duke who loves you and fought for you for months is a sacrifice, if anything it's theo sacrifice

[ask-steven-stevenson]

GIGGLING.

IM SO SORRU SYEVEN I JUST WANTED TO TORMENT ZEKE SOME MORE..

I love torturing him he doesn’t deserve it but oh well ❤️

-Key/Zekemod

[DW! He’s less pissy :3! I mean, he still is. I jisy.. don’t recommend a random anon going up to him. BUT STILL

also thats so fair… i love bullying Steven.. thats why i think its silly when anons human bean him

[gotmyass2marz]

GUYSI JUST REALIZED ITS GUMMIBAR ALBUM DAY happy holidays from me and my pronouns

[skrunksthatwunk]

finished dante's campaign of dmc2!! it was bad!!! <3 and i can't tell if it's anticlimactic or a surprising show of mercy that it only took around 4 hours

[moxymaxing]

fighting for my life out here trying to maintain a positive existence. peace and love on planet earth

[hcguesstheauthormessageboard]

I rolled a random number generator. Ending 5: ˙uᴉɐƃɐ xoq sᴉɥʇ uǝdo oʇ ʇou ʞǝǝs 'ɐɹopuɐԀ ƃuno⅄ ʇuǝdǝɹ (god I hope this upside down text for the title is actually legible-- in case it's not it reads 'repent Young Pandora, seek not to open this box again' ) -♤

GREEK MYTHOLOGY REFERENCE

[winterrose42]

I sm meant for a psperwork and objevt organizing desk job. Archivist gemersl thing study n organizer. Typinh out data and keepinh records. It is a fuvking crime this is noy a job i can find within my ares or reslly a viable one to really fo snywhere i would thrive. Plesse universe give this to me i hste calling people

[makingshortstorieslong]

hey hey thee thee (1)

I liketh (2) not thy girlfriend!

(no way, no way!)

Methinks thou need'st a new one

(hey, hey, thee, thee!)

I could be thy girlfriend!

(hey, hey, thee, thee!)

I know thou dost like me!

(no way, no way!)

Thou know'st 'tis no secret

(hey, hey, thee, thee!)

I would be thy girlfriend!

(1) yeah it should be thou but c'mon thee sounds better here

(2) honestly idk if this should be like or if liketh is acceptable but I refuse to look anything up at this moment

[lapdogchase]

I STILL HAVE TO DO MYPSYCH FINAL...

[steampoweredskeleton]

Screams

[nov1963]

Got to watch the 2008 Madison Square Garden Exhibition between Sampras and Federer and I just 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

It was such a good match, and Sampras was sooooo close to winning!! And seeing some of those moves where it felt like it was pulled right from Vintage Sampras was just amazing to watch. The angles on some of those volleys, that running forehand in the 2nd set....just beautiful. Not to mention, those serves he could still produce. 🥹🥹

But I was really happy I was able to watch it, I was worried it was gonna be TC+ Exclusive, but it aired just on TC! Literally such a fun match, 10/10 Recommend. Also, 😏, it is rare to watch the two hottest, most handsome players get to be on one court together, so that alone is a plus. 🤭🤭 Truly amazing!

[rainbowgod666]

Whuh?

Annabeth? The sane one in the trio? WhAT???

Annabeth: I, a child, had to earn Thalia’s love, that’s how the world works! I have to earn my moms love. Love is transactional, you gotta be worthy of it first silly :)

Percy, listening to this on the train

[ending-star]

Shout out to yesterday for being the first time I've ever done the six fingers mistake!! I have been wondering for a long time when it will happen and now it finally has