THIS AFTERNOON, Indian Rhinoceros #HomeHabitatAdvantage in Chitwan National Park in Nepal, again grazing after wallowing as megaherbivores have extensive #PlantCarnage needs #2026MMM

Elephant's calmness reassures Oryx who continues his own #PlantCarnage. #2026MMM

Overwhelmed by the glorious #PlantCarnage and chaos?! Manage your #2026MMM frenzy!
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Meloymis is feasting on foliage #PlantCarnage when unnoticing Aurochs steps forward casting a massive shadow as his hoof descends... #2026MMM

Photograph of the ventral skull of Bos primigenius taken from Brudnicki et al. (2011). The fossil bones are darkened with focus on several rear upper molars. Each molar consists of wavey irregular exterior edges of bright enamel, valleys of deep brown dentine, with interior irregular rings of enamel with more dentine inside.

In the mid-12th century, a large bull Aurochs is grazing along the edge of a woodland lake in what is today Poland. Aurochs have high-crowned teeth that are resistant to wearing down (Brudnicki 2011). This enables Aurochs to eat tons of sharp grasses & sedges #PlantCarnage #2026MMM

Sounds like you are reaching for justification on this one. Someone not feeling the #PlantCarnage tonight? #2026MMM

Side-by-side the Rabbit and the Mouse forage,

Rabbit plucks grass blades

and Mouse, well fed from human scavenged food,

takes a first foray on new shoots of spring grass with delicate nibbles.

#PlantCarnage #2026MMM

Please tell me #TeamPapyrus wins. I want #PlantCarnage, in the sense of them causing it. #2026MMM

Well, at least it was sustainable #PlantCarnage. #2026MMM

Nope, just run-of-the-mill #plantcarnage #2026MMM #bcvammm

CHOP CHOP CHOP, humans on the NON-waterway side of combatant Papyrus cut through the adjacent trunks of the shared root system of the large papyrus.
#PlantCarnage #PlantScience #2026MMM

Will the #PlantCarnage continue? Will the Librarians shush us? Find out tonight with the first round of Library Legends! #2026MMM #bcvammm

I'm pretty sure the theme this round is #PlantCarnage
And inconvenient shrubbery.

Silverback gorilla with juvenile and adult gorilla near him.

MEANWHILE.... In the Virunga forest, a silverback forages alongside his family. In the early, rainy season, there is extensive vegetation growth and Mountain Gorilla eats shoots and leaves #PlantCarnage

Spectacled Bear has been mowing down on one of his favorite foods- bromeliads! He's a very herbivorous bear, 2nd only to #WorstBear in his ravenous appetite for #PlantCarnage. #2026MMM

Meanwhile, in Gunung Palung National Park in Indonesia, Bornean Orangutan is dining on fruit in an Artocarpus tree. Fruit is an orangutan's preferred food, though they will eat leaves & bark when fruit is not readily available. #PlantCarnage (Widiani et al 2021) #2026MMM

It is a hot sunny day in the Linyanti Wildlife Reserve in Northern Botswana, where Roan Antelope is calmly enjoying his leafy lunch under a Mopane tree. #PlantCarnage (Havemann et al 2022) #2026MMM

Asian Elephant calmly browses #PlantCarnage when #MMMagic translocates Marten into the grasslands. Though unfamiliar w/ this habitat, mustelid's might is only eclipsed by his adaptability & Beech Marten begins to scope area for tasty treats of the small mammal kind (Goszczyński et al 2013) #2026MMM

a cat is eating a leaf of lettuce under the word salade Alt: a cat is eating a leaf of lettuce under the word salade

Calling it - most if not all of the #carnage is #plantcarnage #2026MMM

Browsing giraffe

It's sunrise in the Khamab Kalahari Nature Reserve www.khamab.co.za. Giraffe stretches his neck to the high canopy of a mokala tree extending his long tongue to grasp leaves while deftly avoiding thorns #PlantCarnage (Deacon et al. 2023) #2026MMM

I believe we had some #PlantCarnage #2026MMM

Red Squirrel sits nibbling a seed #PlantCarnage, when

#MMMagic translocates Red Squirrel to floating marine debris- a mix of driftwood, fishing rope, plastic flip flops- Disoriented by the tropical waters, Red Squirrel grips the debris raft, twitching his tail for balance #2026MMM

Rhododendrons can take a beating! #plantcarnage #youcandoitgardening

#PlantCarnage!!!
#2025MMM

Tonight's Equinox Full Moon is obscured by the forest canopy reaching across a babbling brook. Standing in the slow-moving water, tapir browses on some bromeliad, teeth tearing up the greenery by a rippling waterfall. #PlantCarnage #2019MMM