This is so cool!!! Now #tinyNaturalist should do @harpyeagle2021.bsky.social winning its battle. #2026MMM #2021MMM
Final Roar history:
#2025MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed, 8 seed
#2024MMM 1 seed, two 2 seeds, 3 seed
#2023MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed, 3 seed
#2022MMM Three 1 seeds and a 2 seed
#2021MMM Three 1 seeds and a 3 seed
#2020MMM 1 seed, two 3 seeds, 7 seed
#2019MMM Three 1 seeds, and a 3 seed
Have your picks for #2025MMM been treated unfairly by the March Mammal Madness Random Number Generator (MMMRNG)? Are you a peace-loving mammal or mammal ally? You can refuse to be a victim of algorithms and probabilities! Escape with #2021MMM ‘s Red & White Giant Flying Squirrel to a better place! 🐿️
Final Roar history:
#2024MMM 1 seed, two 2 seeds, 3 seed
#2023MMM Two 1 seeds, 2 seed, 3 seed
#2022MMM Three 1 seeds and a 2 seed
#2021MMM Three 1 seeds and a 3 seed
#2020MMM 1 seed, two 3 seeds, 7 seed
#2019MMM Three 1 seeds, and a 3 seed
#2021MMM bringing vibes like THE ROO by Alan Baxter
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The musical interludes of #2021MMM are killing it!
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Proudly displaying my #2021MMM bracket buster certificate, and bringing consolation prize - free Frosty - home to the family.
Chipmunk office mate has decided to turn up in time for tonight's #2021MMM
If you've been missing carnage in #2021MMM, here's a real battle, more exhausting and drawn out than we'd ever describe.
HARTEBEEST CHASES OFF BAY CAT!!! #2021MMM
ASIA: Oh, how the turn tables. #2021MMM
ANNE: Outclocked the cheetah. #2021MMM
ASIA: And...there goes Bay Cat. I didn't even know they could run that fast! #2021MMM
ANNE: I bet he thinks the cheetah is back for another round. The snorting, tossing of horns, & cavorting (yes that's a technical term from Estes 1991) is classic aggressive behavior. Headed towards the Bay Cat! #2021MMM...
ANNE: I think the Beest sees the cat! ASIA: Yeah, there's definite movement from Hartebeest towards Bay Cat. #2021MMM
ASIA: It's not like last week where he was facing a somewhat similar-sized Red Fox. That Beest is enor--oh, there, Bay Cat on the move. Getting up &....trying to slink away. Classic low "I'm a scared cat" posture LMAO #2021MMM
ASIA: I said, Bay Cat looks really red! He's been crouched down, lurking & watching. Doing recon on his opponent. ANNE: Well at least one of the kitties is being smart today #2021MMM
ANNE: Back to the scheduled battle! I think I see that Bay Cat's tiny head over there, peeking out of the grass. ASIA: Not as tiny as a cheetah head. ANNE: Excuse ME? #2021MMM
ASIA: Looks like the cheetah's the one running away here. The Beest is right on its tail! ANNE: Sigh. And there it goes. ASIA: Beest trots back to the termite mound in victory. #2021MMM
ASIA: I mean, go big or go home... ANNE: Which is right what the cheetah is doing. Beest just stopped & faced him. Cheetahs never know what to do with the pointy front end, they prefer the plump rump end that can be tripped as it runs away #2021MMM
ANNE: Yeah, but I've seen it before, young cheetah who haven't dialed in their hunting skills yet will go for "Inappropriate prey items" (Caro 1994), including ones that are inappropriately large. #2021MMM...
ASIA: *mumuring* we don't get paid enough for that. *out loud* Isn't that cheetah a little...puny for for a full grown Beest, though? #2021MMM
ANNE: Something spooked the Hartebeest! Would you look at that, a hungry cheetah. Maybe we'll have a 2-on-1, a menage a trois of pain, shall we say. #2021MMM
ASIA: Oh looks like the battle is beginning! Tonight we're back in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, this time on the South African side. This might be a little more open than Bay Cat's used to. In fact, it looks rather nervous from... what is going on over there??? #2021MMM
ANNE: In South Africa wildlife can be owned by private individuals, & Hartebeest are kept for trophy hunting & photographic safaris. To prevent inbreeding people move them extensively between these small isolated populations (Laubscher et al 2015) #2021MMM...
ANNE: Funnily enough humans are also a threat to our Beest. They were hammered by hunting but are now rebounding after being reintroduced into protected areas & on private lands #2021MMM...
ANNE: *whistles* That is a lot of money for one animal. Isn't that how much Forged in Fire champions get? #2021MMM
ANNE: Hartebeest has been been pretty chill so far, hasn't had to do much except watch the vervets scare the pants off a lemur and pick squirrel goo out from the cleft of his hooves #2021MMM