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Asst Prof @ColoradoMesaU, studier of mammalian physiology & ecology, puppy enthusiast, here for March Mammal Madness #2021MMM, tweets all my own, she/her/hers
Mar 29, 2018 20 tweets 10 min read
Next up from the Great Adaptations division, #1 seed Pygmy Hippo vs #4 seed Tasmanian Devil! #2018MMM This battle brought to you by @c_n_anderson, I'm just sharing the story tonight! #2018MM
Mar 27, 2018 19 tweets 15 min read
NEXT UP we have #8 seeded Thalassocnus catans vs. #1 seeded Doedicurus clavicaudatus! #2018MMM In round 1, Thalassocnus #MarineSloth munched on some sea grasses while Cynognathus #DinoDog got washed away with the #RIP tide #TeamMarineSloth eol.org/pages/4530087/… #2018MMM
Mar 23, 2018 18 tweets 12 min read
FIRST UP: #1 seed Pygmy Hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) vs. #9 seed Maned Rat (Lophiomys imhausi)!! #2018MMM In round 1, the pygmy hippo inadvently stabbed a wandering star-nosed mole with its tusk in a swamp #oops #mybad #2018MMM
Mar 20, 2018 22 tweets 13 min read
NEXT UP: 5th seeded Moscow Dog vs. 12th seeded Sewer Rat!! #2018MMM Our top seed in this battle is the Moscow Dog (Canis familiaris), domesticated strays that have roamed the Russian city's streets for decades en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_do… (photo from Sputnik news, credit Mikhail Fomichev) #2018MMM
Mar 15, 2018 15 tweets 9 min read
NEXT UP: #4 Tasmanian Devil vs. #13 Ghost Bast #2018MMM The ghost bat (Macroderma gigas) gets its name from the Greek "macros"=large and "derma"=skin #2018MMM