...Just to recap, Mama Humpback Whale and her Baby **WON** against #TeamAurochs in a *Florida SWAMP* because a limestone karst sinkhole (a cenote?) suddenly opened up under them and the aurochs swam to shore, leaving the field of battle. #2026MMM #FinalRoar
A vertical composition of a mother humpback whale helping her calf to the surface for a breath, in shades of blue. At the top the whales are reflected in the surface of the ocean seen from below.
#2026MMM #FinalRoar #MoneyDivision #TeamHumpbackWhale Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social and Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social
#2026MMM #FinalRoar #ExtinctionDivision #TeamAurochs Art by Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social
A humpback whale supports her calf at the surface of the water, which is indicated by the edge of a 1000 denomination bank note. Water and nautical motifs cover the bank note in shades of blues and greens. The whales are rendered in russets and oranges
#2026MMM #FinalRoar #MoneyDivision #TeamHumpbackWhale Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social
#2026MMM #FinalRoar #LibraryDivision #TeamNileCrocodile Art by Mary C. Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social and Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social
on a mottled blue background a honey badger curves towards the right it's head angled towards the viewer with jaws agape, with bright yellow rimlight on the right and cool silvery rimlight on the left.
#2026MMM #FinalRoar #BoneyardDivision #TeamHoneyBadger Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social
Nile Crocodile walks out of a library facing right. The doors of the library are left open behind the crocodile revealing stacks of books.
#2026MMM #FinalRoar #LibraryDivision #TeamNileCrocodile Art by Mary C. Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #TeamPolarBear
Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social and Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #TeamPuma
Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social and Mary Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social
Going over the play by play for the #FinalRoar of #2025MMM & realized my 6th graders needed some music education ;)
#TakeMeHomeCountryRoads #IfYoureLearningYoureWinning
@ldurgavich.bsky.social @mammalssuck.bsky.social @mmmletsgo.bsky.social
For realzies!
This post is 37m delayed from the game narrative, posted at 909 pm EDT= 509 pm AKDT (time zones!) which stated the tide was then 90m past high tide mark
So it checks out
#2025MMM #FinalRoar
This is SO COOL that this is being simulated IN REAL TIME with the critical factor of INSTANTANEOUS TIDAL HEIGHT
#2025MMM #FinalRoar
#SoLearningSoWinning
Still amazing- that’s not a super long time ago!
#2025MMM #FinalRoar
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #DivisionTuxedoStyle #DivisionChampion #TeamPolarBear art by @oddangel.bsky.social & @veppart.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
A polar bear is shown in a portrait, facing to the left, mouth open in a roar, its breath is visible as a puff
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #DivisionTuxedoStyle #DivisionChampion #TeamPolarBear Art by Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
A ginkgo tree, its trunk on the left of the frame, stretches branches out toward the right of the frame, with its symbiotic fungus in the background
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #DivisionRootsandRelicts #DivisionChampion #TeamGinkgo Art by Mary C Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social #sciart
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #DivisionOnlyOnes #DivisionChampion #TeamPuma Art by @opellisms.bsky.social & @maryfreisner.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
A gelada faces the viewer, upper lip raised in a threat expression, all teeth bared, rendered in magenta, orange, cream and shades of blue
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #DivisionSameandDifferent #DivisionChampion #TeamGelada Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
A puma with a snarling face stalks toward the viewer
#2025MMM #FinalRoar #DivisionOnlyOnes #DivisionChampion #TeamPuma Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
SciArt Daily: Bluesky's Top 3 Trending Posts
1.Artistic depiction of polar bears in tuxedo style.
2.Mammals featured on #2025MMM #FinalRoar poster artwork
3.Painting native plants and pollinators collaboratively.
#SciArt #art
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After feasting on two huge megafauna carcasses (one with unusual gut biome) that polar bear is going to be a TOTAL POTATO for the #FinalRoar!
#2025MMM
A baby paca sitting in hay. Image courtesy of San Diego Zoo.
Since I'm a free agent, #StephenThePaca gets to pick who we're rooting for in the #FinalRoar.
...Stephen likes the tree.
#TeamGinkgo #2025MMM
four quadrants of March Mammal Madness combatants. Upper left is Ginkgo tree, upper right is gelada, lower left is puma, lower right is polar bear
#2025MMM #FinalRoar poster featuring art by @maryfreisner.bsky.social @oddangel.bsky.social @opellisms.bsky.social @veppart.bsky.social
#art #sciart #mammals
March Mammal Madness Tournament bracket for 2025 with Cape Buffalo winning it all.
Ok folks, it's that time of year again! GO TIME! #2025MMM @mmmletsgo.bsky.social
This year, my #FinalRoar are #SunBear, #Puma, #CapeBuffalo, and #Coelacanth and I am #TeamCapeBuffalo to win it all.
Or bust... my brackets usually bust. But let's have fun, shall we?
