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Alyson Brokaw, PhD
@alyb_batgirl
PhD | Olfactory ecology postdoc at Lehigh University, #2022MM Narrator, #SciComm, #bats, #WomeninSTEM | She/her | 📸 @blackmudpuppy
Mar 26, 2021 • 23 tweets • 14 min read
UP NEXT from the Tricksy Taxonomy division: No.1 seed Dugong (Dugong dugon) Vs. No 3 seed Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) #2021MMM illustration of a tapir. si...mage shows a dugong swimmin... Tonight's battle is a team effort with genetics tweets by @sexchrlab and battle narration by @MarcKissel, @TanisBP, and me! #2021MMM
Mar 25, 2021 • 22 tweets • 15 min read
UP NEXT: #1 seed Dugong vs #12 seed Egyptian Fruit Bat, featuring #TricksyTaxonomy tweets from @StoneLab_ASU and @sexchrlab! #2021MMM Large dugong swimming in clear turquoise water, its head facEgyptian fruit bat hanging from a branch, it's back towards The Dugong has floated through the past two rounds, mostly busy making sure it gets its several hundred square meals a day. The Egyptian Fruit Bat (EFB) surprised everyone in an early upset before defeating the Solenodon in a well-timed figfall #FigGate #2021MMM
Mar 23, 2021 • 23 tweets • 13 min read
NEXT UP: #1 seed Harpy Eagle vs #8 seed Ghost Bat, with lots of battle narration guidance from @Mammals_Suck #2021MMM A harpy eagle perches on a branch against a light blue sky. A pale white-grey ghost bat photographed hanging downward. I The Harpy Eagle is an avian 'QUEEN of the jungle', documented to prey upon at least 102 species of mammal, bird, and reptile (Miranda 2020, bit.ly/EagleDiet) #2021MMM A harpy eagle sitting on a large horizontal branch against a
Mar 19, 2021 • 18 tweets • 12 min read
UP NEXT: #12 Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) vs #13 Solendon (Solenodon paradoxus) #2021MMM An Egyptian fruit bat flying against a dark brown cave backgOrangey brown solendon with dark tipped fur along its back, Featuring #TricksyTaxonomy information from @StoneLab_ASU! #2021MMM
Mar 18, 2021 • 21 tweets • 14 min read
UP NEXT: 8th seed Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas) vs 9th seed Thorny Devil (Moloch horridus) #2021MMM March 17 Myths Monsters March 17 Myths Monsters 100% 10 F2 A Thorny Devil lizard, colored in dark reds, browns and ligh Is this March Mammal Madness or Most Beautiful Mammal competition? Because the Ghost Bat is here to SLAY with its silky, pale white fur & sharp, pointy smile. #PunIntended #NotAtAllBiased #2021MMM Photoshopped image of a pale grey and white ghost bat being
Mar 16, 2021 • 19 tweets • 10 min read
NEXT UP: No. 6 seed Ammonite (Didymoceras nebrascense) vs No. 11 seed Demon Eartheater Cichlid (Satanoperca jurubari)! #2021MMM A photograph of an ammonite fossil. The fossilized ammonite Photograph of a demon eartheater cichlid, floating against s Ammonites were so named because of their resemblance to the horns of Ammon - the Greek/Roman version of Amun, the Egyptian God of life and reproduction #2021MMM March 15 Sea Beasties March 15 Sea Beasties 100% 10 G3 PhoA photograph depicting the status of a man's head, represent
Mar 13, 2020 • 18 tweets • 11 min read
NEXT UP: #2 Southern pudu (Pudu puda) vs #15 Seba's short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) #2020MMM The short-tailed fruit bat is a medium brown, leaf-nosed bat found in forest through Central America and most of South America (ranges from southern Mexico to southern Brazil) #2020MMM Two reddish-brown bats with medium sized pointy ears, hanging from a brown surface. The bat on the left is looking at the camera, while the bat on the right is yawning.Map of southern North America, Central and South America. Bat range from southern Mexico to southern Brazil is highlighted in red.