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Sorry all. Nominations closed about three days ago. Stash 'em for 2019. The Bull Moose looks worth a punt.

The nominations are now CLOSED! Thank you all for your efforts. Watch this space as the group stages will appear in the next day or two or three. Also thanks to Kalimantan Gull for your fulsome explanation. Perhaps the follow up to WHC should be World's Hardest Thing. That's a suitably...

Good morning all. And isn't it a lovely morning. For some reason I seem to have woken up in a particularly good mood. Nominations close at midnight tonight so it's your last day to get those nominations in. If 40 creatures are not seconded I shall hold a draw for the remaining nominees to...

My head hurts. If only we had a zoologist on hand to make a ruling. What do you reckon KG? Help!

So now that it's been proven that our promotion last season was the direct result of the honey badger's victory, what happens to our campaign if the little bugger doesn't have a good tournament this year? Yes, this is basically a bounce.

Should we not reach 40 seconded nominations by close of play Tuesday night then I will be happy to enter "slug" into the group stages. Then it will be up to all you slug enthusiasts to rustle up the necessary support.

Fair point well made and I think somebody else has made a similar remark. Unless anybody objects I shall assume the nomination refers to the salt water variety.

Or will we soon be facing a world's hardest germ feature?

Good evening. Here is a recap of where we are at present. 19 beasts have secured their place in the group stage and they are as follows: Asian Giant Hornet, Tardigrade, Crocodile, Grasshopper Mouse, Hippopotamus, Bobbit Worm, Mantis Shrimp, Honey Badger, Cape Buffalo, Homo sapiens, Tortoise...

I’m afraid I haven’t got that. I only really kicked in at WHC VII or thereabouts. I seem to remember this shrimp thing?

Sadly it appears that there is no such species as the West Sussex Slug...

Apologies. I genuinely had no idea it was so difficult to not read something.

A thousand apologies to Mr Turienzo's Lovechild. I was only an occasional NSC visitor in the early days of WHC and this important fact passed me by. Give it up for TL ladies and gentlemen. I'm hoping for a tie in the knockout stages so I can dream up some hard equivalent of a penalty shootout.

It's January. Which means it must be WHC time. Once again, it is time for the meanest, toughest, hardest beasts of the natural world to pit their wits, teeth, tails, claws, flippers and anything else they can muster against their foe to lift the prestigious WHC trophy. But before we go on...