Dear all. Nominations are now closed. Unexpectedly I have to travel this week so I probably won’t be able to kick off the group stage until after next weekend. Apologies for any trauma suffered as a result of this delay but hey! We’re all feeling pretty groovy just now, right?
I'm perusing the state of nominations with just over a day to go. The Bombardier Beetle and Moon Bear have joined the elite club, making a total of 19 nominations so far.
Seagull, Wolverine, Strain 121, Mouse, Dung Beetle, Tiger, Tasmanian Devil, Tarantula Hawk, Clistopyga crassicaudata...
Good evening and welcome. I'm joining you live from the Honey Badger's training camp and the little tyke looks hungry to get back into the game following last year's bruising final defeat.
There's just time for a run through of where we are on nominations so far so get your pens and papers...
It's Monday. The weekend is over and three points safely secured. To keep us all going until the Croydon Rumble let's get back to the ineffable hardness of animals.
Bounce...
Tardigrade, Honey Badger, Toy Poodle (oh you wags, you), Deathstalker Scorpion, Saltwater Crocodile, Stoat, Cassowary, Naked Mole Rat, Grasshopper Mouse and Mantis Shrimp all safely though and joining the Hippo.
The Great White Bunny has been disqualified on the grounds of its gratuitous...
We're back and this time it's by public demand.
Good morning. I'm Chris Packham and it's my job... no, honour to host this year's World's Hardest Creature tournament. Over the coming weeks we are going to analyse, dissect, discuss, dispute and debate the roughest, toughest, meanest, ballsiest...