Painting of the extinct marsupial carnivore Thylacine (looks like a grey coyote with black cross stripes on it's distal back & rump. with text
"EXTINCTION is FOREVER
All individuals of a species come from the complex interactions of their genes and their environment, & the rich developmental endowment epigentically inherited from the parent. In this Anthropocene, once lost, a species is lost forever."
A lot of important lessons in this Division!
10.03.2026 12:36
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oh so beautiful!!!
10.03.2026 05:10
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Diagram showing the evolutionary relationships among organisms competing in 2026 March Mammal Madness.
It's March Mammal Madness season! I've had a bit too much on my plate to be involved much in the last few years, but I'm always down to help explain how a silverfish is related to a humpback whale. Hope everyone has been enjoying #2026MMM! 🐡 (Repost due to typo)
10.03.2026 04:38
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VICTORY!! Now it only needs to dissolve a mere 5 more animals to liquefy its way to the podium! #2026MMM
10.03.2026 03:13
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Images of the Assassin Bug and Bone Collector Caterpillar wearing their carcass capes on stylized cards that say 'WILD CARD'
Missed the #2026MMM "Live" WILD CARD Action tonight? We got the Results at the LibGuide- HOWEVER YOU LIKE THEM! MMMagazine, Video, Play-by-Play and more! libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalM...
10.03.2026 02:42
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Okay but my March Madness comes with multiple corpse capes #2026MMM
10.03.2026 01:13
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Scicomm FTW
#2026MMM
10.03.2026 01:31
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🎶Carcass-covered carnivores! Doo-dah, Doo-dah
Carcass-covered carnivores!
All the live-long day🎶
10.03.2026 01:41
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🤣
10.03.2026 02:19
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#2026MMM uses #Science which needs #FUNDING and #GRANTS to exist!!!
10.03.2026 01:53
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#2026MMM
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Anyone else thinking what I’m running? Next year’s Met Gala theme! No? Just me? #bcvammm #2026MMM
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Image shows the MMM bracket with Assassin Bug winning the Wildcard over the Bone Collector Caterpillar and a checkmark indicating the Wildcard category has been completed.
#2026MMM WILDCARD WINNER:
Assassin Bug!
Join us Wednesday, March 11th at 8PM EST for ROUND ONE of MONEY MAMMALS!
10.03.2026 00:55
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THAT'S WINNING IN #2026MMM!!! :-D
10.03.2026 00:58
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Shop – Erminea Inc.
#2026MMM did you enjoy @maryfreisner.bsky.social 's combatant art tonight? Both pieces are available as stickers in the Erminea shop! ermineainc.org/shop/
10.03.2026 00:56
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#2026MMM WILDCARD
EMOJI BATTLE RESULTS
🦴🆚💉:
🦴👚🐜/💉👚🐜/
🦴👀🐜/💉👀🐜/🦴💥💉/
💉🗡️💀/💉🗡️🦴/💉🍽️🥣/
🏆💉
10.03.2026 00:56
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An insect faces left carrying the remains of dead ants on its back with a large title "Assassin Bug" across the piece.
#2026MMM #BoneyardDivision #TeamAssassinBug Art by Mary C. Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social
10.03.2026 00:53
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Bayesian consensus of Hyposmocoma showing 95% confidence intervals of posteriors . Numbers above branches
are Bayesian posterior probabilities (PP) and ML bootstrap values (BP), respectively. Coloured circles indicate microhabitat types and ancestral state probabilities.
Hawaiian Hyposmocoma caterpillars show near-identical “purse case” larval homes, despite evolving independently twice in rotting wood (NW islands ~15–9 Ma, main islands ~3 Ma). DNA phylogeny of 38 spp. reveals convergent design under similar pressures. doi.org/10.3897/zook... #2026MMM
#RIP #2026MMM
10.03.2026 00:54
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Join us Wednesday for Round 1 of the Money Mammals Division! Until then be safe, be well, be active! #2026MMM
10.03.2026 00:53
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a group of people are standing in a line with their hands on their head .
Alt: A crowd celebrate an awesome outcome.
ASSASSIN BUG DEFEATS BONE COLLECTOR CATERPILLAR and becomes the #16 seed of the THAT'S SO METAL DIVISION OF MARCH MAMMAL MADNESS!!! #2026MMM
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leaving behind a new camouflaging caterpillar skin suit for the Assassin Bug to don! (Brandt & Mahsberg 2002)
#2026MMM
10.03.2026 00:51
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The injected enzymes from the Assassin Bug begin DISSOLVING the Caterpillar's insides to be slurped up...
(Brandt & Mahsberg 2002) #2026MMM
10.03.2026 00:51
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PHWOOOOT!!! ASSASSIN BUG PLUNGES PROBOSCIS INTO THE CATERPILLAR.... #2026MMM
10.03.2026 00:50
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Side-stepping the NOT WEAKENED INSECT PREDATOR,
Bone Collector Caterpillar wasn't counting on something putting up a fight!!!
#2026MMM
10.03.2026 00:50
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THE ASSASSIN BUG PLUNGES ITS ALMOST-INSTANTLY-PARALYZING-SALIVA-INJECTING-PROBOSCIS INTO THE ALREADY DEAD ANT HEAD...
MISSING THE CATERPILLAR!!!
(Brandt & Mahsberg 2002) #2026MMM
10.03.2026 00:48
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0.01 stoatlengths #StoatsAsMeasurement #2026MMM
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