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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

CHAMPION⛵ #2026MMM EMOJI BATTLE: 🐋🆚🐊: 🪄🪸/🌕🌊🆗/🐋🩹🗡️/ 🐊🤨🏊🏾‍♂️/🦈🔁🤱🏼🙂‍↔️/🦈🐊💀🙂‍↕️/ 🐋🤨👉🏼💀/🐊🙅🏾‍♂️🍽️🥶/👶🏼🔁🐊/ 👶🏼👉🏼👃🏼🐊/🐊💥👶🏼🐳/🐋👶🏼😡/ 🐋🔜🐊⤵️/🐋🫧🐊😵‍💫/🐋💥🐊/ 🐊🏊🏾‍♂️👋🏼/🏆🐋

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JEM @littlejems.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Who's this year's Worstest #WorstMod? In this corner, Katie, with 3 crowns, 1 bracket bust (Badger). In this corner, Brian, with 2 crowns, 2 bracket busts (Hutia & Sea Cow). Given the number of busts & gore (Biting! Crushing!) as opposed to flees, the crown & keys to the castle go to Brian! #2026MMM

Brown and white guinea pig wearing a small gold metal crown with white rhinestones sitting on a blue plush mat next to a Lego Cinderella castle. A confetti sticker is overlaid and blue text reads"The Worstest Worst Mod."

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Championship Battle of #2026MMM: Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) vs. Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)! #2026MMM

Mama Humpback with baby swimming above her A WHOLE NEW WORLD!!!

Crocodile on a rock looking like he is riding a magic carpet and /or Hippo- A WHOLE NEW WORLD!

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mrsroygbiv.bsky.social @mrsroygbiv.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I 💕 the #2026MMM genetics facts! I learned & made so many connections to AP Bio curriculum. After the battles, we would share & discuss these facts in our class

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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

#2026MMM FINAL R😮AR EMOJI BATTLE 🐊🆚🦡: 🪄🌳/🦡👃🏼🦎/🦡🧗🏾‍♂️🌳/ 🐊🐊🍽️💀/🐊😑🔊🐊/🦡🦷🦎/ 🦡🦎⤵️💀/🐊👄🐊/🐊 💀💥🦡/ 🇦🇺🐊🤷🏻👋🏻/🦡🍽️🐛/🐊🍽️💀/🏆🐊 🐋🆚🐂: 🪄🇺🇸/🐋🤏🌊/👶🏼🚫🍼/ 🐋🤰🏼🔴😩/🐂🏊🏾‍♂️📐🐋/🐋🔄🐂/ 🐂🗡️🐋🩻/🐋⬇️🐂/🛘🕳️🔜🌅/ 🐋👶🏼🐂🏊🏼‍♀️/🐂🏊🏾‍♂️🏖️/🐋🍼👶🏼/🏆🐋

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Tara Chestnut, PhD @tcastanea.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Last Up: #1-seed Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) from the Money Mammals Division vs. #3-seed Aurochs (Bos primigenius) from the Extinction is Forever Division #2026MMM

close up a blue hued photo of a humpback whale underwater.

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Man, time to re-check the Erminea site, there are so many great #2026MMM illustrations!!! (And I got paid! 🚊🏤➗️🟧🔛) #MMMArt ermineainc.org

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Erminea Inc.

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Orion🌈&sm9eb @sm9eb.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

These Erminea #2026MMM Cicada Killer Wasp t-shirts are gnarly. 🤟 ermineainc.org/shop/cicada-...

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Cicada Killer Wasp Shirt – Erminea Inc.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

FIRST BATTLE of the FINAL ROAR: #1-seed Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) from the Library Legends vs. #1-seed Honey Badger from That's So Metal! (Mellivora capensis) #2026MMM

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

FINAL BATTLE OF THE NIGHT: 1-seed Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) vs. 2-seed Lions (Panthera Leo) #2026MMM

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

NEXT UP: 1-seed Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) vs. 3-seed Common Hippo (Hippopotamus amphibius) #2026MMM

A mother humpback whale and her calf swim just below the water's surface.

A hippo explodes out of the water, mouth gaping and teeth exposed. It has clearly startled a large bird, who is scrambling to get out of the way with raised wings.

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Erin Rowland-Schaefer @docrowschaef.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

FIRST UP: 1-seed Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis) vs. 3-seed Gila Monster (Heloderma suspectum). Tonight's battle is a collaboration with @mammalssuck.bsky.social #2026MMM

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Dr. Todd L. Green @thecassowarykid.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

UV casque biofluorescence occurs in living #birds and even 100-year-old #museum specimens (big thanks to @nhm.org & @amnh.org for samples). This may be useful for censusing wild individuals 🇵🇬 🇦🇺 (similar to whale fluke “fingerprinting”) and identifying incomplete #cassowary specimens in collections.

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Roses are red But have you seen Cassowary casques fluoresce in bright green 🧪

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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

#2026MMM ELITE TR8️⃣ EMOJI BATTLE 🦡🆚📿: 🪄🌳/🦡🙄🌳/🦡💥📿/ 📿🙂‍↔️🔊/📿🫦🦡/🦡🤷🏻‍♂️🍽️📿/🏆🦡 🐮🆚🐂: 🚣🏼🏹🐮/🪄🏜️/🐮🐂🥵/ 🏹🫀🩸/🐂➡️👥🐮/🐮☁️👀/🏆🐂 🐋🆚🦛: 🪄🪸/🦛🏊🏾🪨/🐟✂️🦛/ 🐋🔊👶🏻/🦈🔜🦛🩸/🦈🍽️🦛/🏆🐋 🐊🆚🦁: 🪄🇺🇬/🦁🦁🏊‍♂️/🐊👂🦁/ 🦁😱↩️/🐊🍽️🦵🏻🧫/🦁🦁👋🏻/🏆🐊

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Semi-feral Post Monger @dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Congratulations on your honorary Durgaviched prize! Dehydration and bone crushing gravity is pretty metal! #2026MMM #Durgaviched

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Better messaging is how cats being allowed outside increases INJURY, ILLNESS & EARLY DEATH OF THE CAT; that means higher vet bills & more heartbreak. ALSO well-managed #IndoorLife can improve cat well-being AND human-cat bonds! (Calver et al. 2026) #2026MMM

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petnoodle @petnoodle.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Cats are marvelous and adorable, but keep them INSIIIIDE #2026MMM

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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Sweet 1️⃣6️⃣ EMOJI BATTLES: #2026MMM 💀 Is Forever: 🐮🆚🐬: 🐬🦦🤸🏼‍♀️/🐬🧂😕/🏆🐮 🐪🆚🐂: 🐪🐂🌳/🐂🗡️🐪/🏆🐂 📚 Legends: 🐊🆚🦊: 🦊🌅🥤/🐊🍽️🦊/🏆🐊 🦁🆚🐈: 🦁🍽️🐆/🧫🙀👋🏼/🏆🦁 💲Mammals: 🐋🆚🦏: 🦏💥🐋/🦏🏊🏾‍♂️🏖️/🏆🐋 🐘🆚🦛: 🦛🦷🐘/🔙🐘👋🏽/🏆🦛 That's So 🤘🏻: 🦡🆚👄: 🐟👄😰/🦡🍽️👄/🏆🦡 🥸🆚📿: 🚁📿🪺/🥸😫🛫/🏆📿

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JEM @littlejems.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

OH IT'S TERRIBLE! POTENTIAL TO BE THE WORST DURGAVICHING EVER! #2026MMM

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Tara Chestnut, PhD @tcastanea.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

UP NEXT: 1-seed HONEY BADGER (Mellivora capensis) vs. 4-seed PACIFIC LAMPREY (Entosphenus tridentatus) #2026MMM

Close up photo of a pacific lamprey. It has smooth olive green skin with six gill holes running down the top third of its side. It's eye is blueish black and its sucker mouth is pointed down.

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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Want to know more about Steller's Sea Cow? Or rather... Want your students to learn more?! Check out our #2026MMM Lesson Plan in the LibGuide! It features 3 different species from Extinction is Forever!

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Dr. Patrice K. Connors @pkconnors.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

UP NEXT: 1-seed Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) vs. 5-seed Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) #2026MMM #Sweet16 #ExtinctionIsForever

Black and white hand drawing of Steller's Sea Cow. Sea Cow is under water in shallow water along a coast line, food visible in it's mouth.

Colored photo of gray porpoise swimming in clear water, head above water line. Doral tail and left pectoral fin clearly visible.

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

UP NEXT: 1-seed Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) vs. 4-seed Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) #2026MMM

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

You've met the combatants. You've learned some of their traits. They have made it through the first two rounds. NOW ALL DIVISIONS UNDER "ONE ROOF" TONIGHT! THE SWEET SIXTEEN!!!! #2026MMM

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Margo Outside @margooutside.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

At the NAI Great Lakes Region workshop but my heart is still in #2026MMM

Slide of cartoon mustelids that says Your Birth Month Mustelid.

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Brian Tanis @tanisbp.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

UP NEXT: 3-seed Aurochs (Bos primigenius) vs. 6-seed Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus)! #2026MMM

The Augsburg aurochs (from Smith 1827). This painting is a copy of the original that was present in Germany during the early nineteenth century. The original probably dates to the beginning of the sixteenth century. The painting depicts a cheery looking Aurochs, much like a modern bull cow. More distinctive are the thick body supported by little legs and the massive curved horns protruding from the head.

Black and White photo of 4 Thylacine in captivity. Two individuals are standing while 2 are sitting in the corner of a wooden pen filled with straw. The Thylacines appear very dog-like with pointed rostrums and domed skulls. Short ears are erect. Their bodies are trim with the distinctive stripes running from behind the shoulders to the base of the long thin tails. Image from the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

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Tara Chestnut, PhD @tcastanea.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

NEXT UP: #4-seed PACIFIC LAMPREY (Entosphenus tridentatus) vs. #5-seed COMMON CHUCKWALLA (Sauromalus ater) #2026MMM

Front view photo of a dark grey lizard with an and adorable orange potbelly, posing on a rock of the same grey color, posed like a senior portrait. It's head is turned to the right and it's gorgeous reddish-brown eye has a glimmer of light.

A Pacific Lamprey showing off it's mouth of horrors. It's yellow teeth are in the middle surrounded by white tissue and a reddish disk. It's body is blue-grey with orange around it's sweet eye with a look of: why am I so misunderstood? I mean, everyone's gotta eat!

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Dr. Patrice K. Connors @pkconnors.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

UP NEXT: 5th-seeded Baiji (Lipotes vexillifer) vs. 13th-seeded Yallara (Macrotis leucura) from the Extinction is Forever Division #2026MMM #2026mmm

Colored photograph of one Baiji in clear blue water. Head is above water, long snout and one pectoral fin clearly visible.

Colored photograph / rendering of Yallara, standing on hind legs (feet clearly visible, long and flat with clawed toes), fore limbs pointing towards ground, tail resting on ground, tall ears erect, long snout visible. Surroundings include red soil, rocks and short vegetation. Image by AussieAnimals.com.

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Tara Chestnut, PhD @tcastanea.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

NEXT UP: #2-seed OSSIFRAGE (Gypaetus barbatus) vs #10-seed GREAT GREY SHRIKE (Lanius excubitor) #2026MMM

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

First Up: #1-seed Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis) vs. #8-seed Least Shrew (Cryptotis parva) #2026MMM

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

TONIGHT Round 2 of Extinction is Forever & That's So Metal Divisions!!! Who will win!? Who will be carnaged? Who will wander off the field of battle accidentally? AND WHAT INCIDENTAL ORGANISM WILL WRECK YOUR BRACKET?!? #2026MMM

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March Mammal Madness at Bridgewater College @bcvammm.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

HEY HEY HEY, we are SO back! Who's ready for MMM? #2026mmm #2026MMM #bcvammm

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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Round 2 EMOJI BATTLES #2026MMM 💲MAMMALS 🐋🆚🦍: 🐋👶🏻🆙/🐋🌊🦍/🏆🐋 🐘🆚⚔️: 🐘🪓🌳/⚔️😨🏃🏻‍➡️/🏆🐘 🦏🆚🦒: 🦏😤🔊/🦒😳🏃🏼‍➡️/🏆🦏 🦛🆚🦧: 🦛😡😮/🦧😬🧗🏽/🏆🦛 📚 LEGENDS 🐊🆚🐁: 🐊😮🪤/🐊🍽️🐁/🏆🐊 🦉🆚🦊: 🦉🍽️😵/🦉🐰🛫/🏆🦊 🦁🆚🪹: 🦁🦷🪹/🦁🖐🏽🧫/🏆🦁 🐕🆚🐈: 🪄🐈🙀/🐈🤜🏻🐕/🏆🐈

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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

THAT'S SO 🤘 EMOJI BATTLE #2026MMM #2026mmm Round 1 🦡🆚💉: 🦡👃💉/💉⛓️‍💥👚/🏆🦡 🪏🆚🤏: 🪏🤏🦗/🤏🛫🦗/🏆🪏 🦎🆚🦇: 🦎🎈🫁/🦇🛫🔚/🏆🦎 👄🆚🦴: 👄🐟🏊‍♂️/🦴💀🧹/🏆👄 🐁🆚🦂: 🦂🧯🐁/🐁🍽️🦂/🏆🐁 📿🆚🥶: 📿🫦🥶/📿🍽️🥶/🏆📿 🪱🆚🐦‍⬛: 🪱🦷🦵/🐦‍⬛🔪🪱/🏆🐦‍⬛ 🥸🆚🐛: 🥸🦴🆙/🦴⬇️🐛/🏆🥸

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

TONIGHT it's Round 1 of the THAT'S SO METAL Division! #2026MMM #2026mmm All that running away from night one of the Money Mammals Division that had folks griping... well well well...

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Jess Popescu @jesspopescu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

💀 IS FOREVER EMOJI BATTLE #2026MMM Round 1 🐮🆚🐭:🐭🍽️👶🏼/🐮🌊🐭/🏆🐮 🐐🆚🦦:🏜️💨🦦/🦦➡️🪨/🏆🐐 🐬🆚🐀:🌋🐕🐀/🐀🏊‍♂️🪨/🏆🐬 🦭🆚🦘:🏌️‍♂️🦭😴/🦘🏖️😬/🏆🦘 🐯🆚🐹:🪄🐹🙂/🐯🍽️🐹/🏆🐯 🐂🆚🐁:🐁🍽️🌾/🦶🐁😰/🏆🐂 🐺🆚🧥:🐺🧥🐧/🧥😡🐺/🏆🧥 🐪🆚🦇:〽️🦇🐀/🦇🆙👋/🏆🐪

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Anne Stone @acstone.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Given tonight's #2026MMM, you might wonder how do we recover DNA from ancient animals or humans? To find out see www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_y...!

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Ancient DNA Analysis: From Sample to Sequence

YouTube video by StoneLab

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