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

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

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

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

LAST NIGHT OF ROUND 1 #2023MMM TONIGHT: Itty Bitty Come Back City Division!
Bringing back some beloved littles that were 14, 15, & 16 seeds early departed from tournament contention.
These mini mammals are back for another chance at March Mammal Madness glory. #2023MMM

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…

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… Friday Feb 25th 8AM Join @tinkeringprim8, @sexchrlab, @MarcKissel, & me Live at YouTube here:

#2022MMM #10thAnnualMMMFestival

WELCOME TO the 10th Annual March Mammal Madness Tournament! (1/N) #2022MMM Everything is going great and some people are saying this is the best tournament launch ever. (2/N) #2022MMM

For a few years now, but ESPECIALLY codified this semester, I allow students Revise & Resubmit options on essay writing assignments- I give substantive writing feedback, grade accurately, and let them know they can R&R and/or apply the feedback to subsequent assignments... (1/N) Yes, it's a substantial amount of work for me BUT since some of the same issues come up a lot, I have a bank of "pro-tips" I can pull from- so I am not LINE-EDITING their essays, so much as highlighting examples & giving them broadly applicable pro-tips... (2/N)

Finally dug into the details of the California teacher who was a Typhoid Mary to her students... I'll just quote from the CDC report (cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…)

The teacher became symptomatic on May 19, but continued to work for 2 days before receiving a test on May 21.

Let's talk about the ways that humans socially learn, bc without that context it may be hard to understand how we got to the "folks taking livestock medication & shitting themselves in public" situation (🧵)

https://twitter.com/AricToler/status/1430914726444339200

As humans, our adaptive cognitive architecture for social learning is <chef's kiss>

(also, y'all should go ahead & follow Prof @MichelleAKline bc she is really in the know about all this)

#2021MMM
[Woman at the wheel of a truck, looking over asking "you ready?"] #2021MMM
[gif is World Wrestler jumping up on arena ropes hollering out "I SAID, ARE YOU READY?!"]

LAST UP: Of Myths & Monsters #1-seed Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) vs. Sea Beastie #1-seed Saber-Toothed Anchovy (Monosmilus chureloides) #2021MMM Special thanks to @chumblebiome & @alyb_batgirl for clutch contributions to this battle! #2021MMM

And now time for an #2021MMM Intermission
[gif is anthropomorphic snacks conga line dancing through the theatre] Art is at the heart of teaching about nature. These rock drawings are in a Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara children’s “classroom” at the base of Uluru, a place used for thousands of years to pass on key knowledge of the world & how all living things are connected. #2021MMM

ONLY THREE MORE BATTLES in #2021MMM
[gif is Homer Simpson ringing bell & wearing a sandwich board that says the end is near] TONIGHT THE FINAL ROAR!!!
Kangaroo vs. Mountain Tapir
Saber-Toothed Anchovy vs. Harpy Eagle
#2021MMM

FIRST UP from the Sea Beasties Division: No. 1 seed #1 Saber-Toothed Anchovy (Monosmilus chureloides) vs No. 2 seed Midgardia Seastar (Midgardia xandaros) #2021MMM Tonight's Battle is a collaboration with @je_light, and I frantically double-checked some things with @DrewLab an hour ago. #2021MMM [gif is rabbit running late]

Next Up: #3 Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) vs #6 Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) #2021MMM Chimpanzees, among wild primates, are the most studied species yielding extensive knowledge of their natural history, social behavior, diet, hunting, & development (@bezanswer & @allison_mcnama 2019) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #2021MMM

Next Up: 4th-seeded Maroon Langur (Presbytis rubicunda) vs. No.5 seed Red Brocket (Mazama americana) #2021MMM After last night's amphibian vs amphibian, reptile vs. reptile, named for an Egyptian god vs named for an Egyptian god...
Tonight we bring you brutal Ruminant on ruminant* action! #2021MMM

UP NEXT: 8-seed Red-crested Tree Rat vs. 9-seed Red & White Giant Flying Squirrel #2021MMM This battle was crafted by @PKurnath, but I will be pinch-hitting the tweeting for her tonight #2021MMM