And none of these battles have been controversial at all! #2026MMM
Waiting for the #WorstPrimate to appear. #2026MMM
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Dr. Patrice K. Connors@pkconnors.bsky.social · 6mo agoDuring Baiji's 20-second dive, Yallara is predated upon by a Chinese street cat!! Free-ranging kitties kill MASSIVE numbers of wildlife in China (Li et al, 2021) & feral cats are the top reason leading to Yallara's extinction back in Australia (Woinarski et al, 2015) #2026MMM
OSSIFRAGE ELIMINATES GREAT GREY SHRIKE!!!!! #2026MMM
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Katie Hinde@mammalssuck.bsky.social · 6mo agoHONEY BADGER HAS CAUGHT A BARKING GECKO HE QUICKLY SILENCES, after all, it only takes Honey Badger 60 seconds to dig up barking gecko prey! (Begg et a. 2003)!! #2026MMM #2026mmm #SoundUp : tinyurl.com/syu67fjr
Lies #2026mmm
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Katie Hinde@mammalssuck.bsky.social · 6mo agoASSASSIN BUG IS ALMOST OFF THE FIELD OF BATTLE WHEN A BARKING RINGS IN THE NIGHT!!! #2026MMM #2026mmm
Fake out #2026mmm
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Alyson Brokaw, PhD@alybatgirl.bsky.social · 6mo agoChuckwalla whips his tail in agitation. Circling back down, Bat extends its neck and bites down hard on the scaley tail, pulling as its tries to continuing flying forward. Chuckwalla, firmly wedged in his crevice, doesn't budge. #2026MMM #2026mmm
Escape artist #2026mmm
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Alyson Brokaw, PhD@alybatgirl.bsky.social · 6mo agoInside his rock crevice, Chuckwalla begins a rhymthic gulping as he inflates his lungs to nearly 4x time their regular capacity (Deban et al 1994). His sides expand, tightly locking him in place among the rocks. #2026MMM #2026mmm
That's how you get a concussion #2026mmm
Alyson Brokaw, PhD@alybatgirl.bsky.social · 6mo agoSuddenly, our Bat is transported by #MMMMagic to the Sonoran desert skies, overlooking our basking Chuckwalla. Alert to movement of potentially airborne predators, Chuckwalla launches himself head-first into a nearby rocky crevice. #2026MMM #2026mmm
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Alyson Brokaw, PhD@alybatgirl.bsky.social · 6mo agoMost well known for hunting frogs, fringe-lipped bats have excellent hearing - they listen both for the sound of calling male frogs AND the echoes of the water ripples produced as the result of frogs inflating their vocal sacs (Halfwerk et al 2014). #2026MMM #2026mmm
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Alyson Brokaw, PhD@alybatgirl.bsky.social · 6mo agoAchoo! Chuckwallas have a special talent - they sneeze salt! Primarily herbivorous but rarely drinking water, chuckwallas have special glands in their noses that filter excess salt while preserving water (Shuttleworth et al 1987). #2026MMM #2026mmm
As they should be #2026mmm
Tara Chestnut, PhD@tcastanea.bsky.social · 6mo agoIn March, ALL cicada killer wasp adults are DEAD! Tonight's combatant is a larva nestled in a chamber a foot below ground in a lawn at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in a state of suspended development (diapause) #2026MMM #2026mmm www.bbg.org
Oh good #2026mmm
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Tara Chestnut, PhD@tcastanea.bsky.social · 6mo agoCicada killer wasp is North America's largest native wasp. It's harmless to humans but not cicadas! It's a parasitoid! They deliver a paralyzing sting and carry prey to an underground lair to lay an egg IN THEM for larvae to eat (Dambach & Good 1943) #ThatsSoMetal #2026MMM #2026mmm
You called? #2026mmm
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Tara Chestnut, PhD@tcastanea.bsky.social · 6mo agoOssifrage is a BIG BIRD. Tonight's combatant is the biggest, strongest and fittest female - 7 kg with a 280 cm wingspan. Adults are a dark gray-black with a darker tail, cream to rufous head and thick black band around the eyes #90sGlamBand #2026MMM #2026mmm animaldiversity.org/accounts/Gyp...
I mean, Assassin Bug liquified & sucked out Bone Collector Caterpillar’s guts. #NowThatsCarnage #2026mmm #2026MMM