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Prof. Katie Hinde

@Mammals_Suck

Mar 24

Last Up: #3-seed Wolverine (Gulo gulo) vs. #6-seed Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis) #2023MMM

With more research projects of wolverine in North America, evidence is accumulating for male parental visits to dens of females with young in their territory, with the most visits occurring in March (Copeland et al. 2017) #2023MMM

Whether male wolverines are engaging in direct behavioral care is unknown, but researchers speculate that increased visits of male may deter predators or stranger wolverines from approaching the dens (Copeland et al. 2017). #2023MMM

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Prof. Katie Hinde

@Mammals_Suck

Mar 24

AND THEN THERE WERE 32 #Round2 #2023MMM (also, if you listen to music, this is the music for the intro: )

In Round 1, we learned about the division themes, met all the combatants, and went to habitats AROUND THE WORLD for some WILD action, and even traveled into deep time! #2023MMM

@MC_Marmot

And can we give it up to the Genetics Team, the Art Team, the Narration Team, the Summary Team, the Library Team, @MC_Marmot @MMMletsgo & our backchannel stage manager Rick who keeps the wheels on the bus night after night! #2023MMM

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Prof. Katie Hinde

@Mammals_Suck

Mar 23

NEXT UP: #6-seed Itjaritjari (Notoryctes typhlops) vs #11-seed Silky Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus) #2023MMM

Welcome back to the Itjaritjari!
First appearing as a combatant in 2017, Itjaritjari was a 16th seed who was dug up & scarfed by 1-seed Honey Badger.
Also, in 2022, Itjaritjari was Australia's MAMMAL OF THE YEAR! #2023MMM

The Itjaritjari, also called a marsupial mole, is SMOL (head & body length 121–159 mm, weight 40–70 g) & has big digging claws on front feet & a thickened "rostral horny shield" to protect its nose & front of its face (Bennison et al. 2014) #2023MMM

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Prof. Katie Hinde

@Mammals_Suck

Mar 23

@am_anatiala

NEXT UP: #4 seed Mara v #13 seed Siberian Chipmunk #2023MMM (this battle narration crafted by @am_anatiala)

Here it comes, the rabbit-looking capybara relative that acts & moves like an ungulate! Pretty clear how it was in The Who in the What Now Division as a #15-seed in 2014. #2023MMM

The Mara, weighing in at 37 stoats (8.12 kg) hails from the shrub & grasslands of Argentina. #2023MMM #StoatsAsMeasurement

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Prof. Katie Hinde

@Mammals_Suck

Mar 8, 2022

Tonight's hurlyburly is writ in part from the dubious knowledge from Edward Topsell's History of Four-Foot'd Beasts (1607) & History of Serpents (1608) for 1658's then definitive 1000-page barn-burner of a natural history compendium #YeOldeTimeyBattle #ExhibitionGames #2022MMM

Topsell collected writings from Conradus Gesner & other authors to integrate & evaluate many terms & descriptions, at times appropriately skeptical but also at times overly credulous #YeOldeTimeyBattle #2022MMM loc.gov/resource/rbcto…

Although Topsell's Beastiary was not as systematic as the Bauhin brothers a hundred years before or Linnaeus a hundred years later... #YeOldeTimeBattle #2022MMM

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Prof. Katie Hinde

@Mammals_Suck

Feb 24, 2022

Tomorrow is an extravaganza of mammalian proportions with a #2022MMM #10thAnnual March Mammal Madness Festival!
PDF w/ embedded links: drive.google.com/file/d/1zg8fsX…