Kicking Off March Mammal Madness Round Two
Today starts Round Two of the 2020 March Mammal Madness and we get the results from the Tiny Terrors and Dogs-ish vs. Cats-ish divisions and from the initial look of things, we have a few upsets.
March Mammal Madness
Here are the individual results but you can find the entire division breakdown at the wakelet [https://wakelet.com/wake/9f90c9b6–57bb-4ef0–95f8–55ebc54c8a73]
First off we see the Pygmy Hog standing strong atop the Tiny Terrors bracket, defending his #1 seed.
PYGMY HOG EVICERATES FINLAYSON’S SQUIRREL!!!! #2020MMM
— Jessica Light (@je_light) March 20, 2020
The number 2 seeded Pudu takes out the lovable Hedgehog to keep the top 2 seeds of the Tiny Terrors alive.
PUDU OUTLIVES THE HEDGEHOG!!! #2020MMM
— Alyson Brokaw, MSc (@alyb_batgirl) March 20, 2020
RACCOON DOG SURVIVES ISLAND FOX!!!! #2020MMM
— Brian Tanis (@TanisBP) March 20, 2020
TREE HYRAX BACKS DOWN KODKOD!!!!!!!! #2020MMM
— Pika Jo Varner (@johannavarner) March 20, 2020
- The Number One seed does what most number one seeds do and takes things seriously. The Sloth Bear takes out the Red Panda and I am kinda sad about this one even though I picked the Bear to win.
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SLOTH BEAR UNSEATS RED PANDA!!!!!!! #2020MMM
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— Patrice K. Connors (@PKurnath) March 20, 2020
- The surprising winner of the first round of the Cats-ish vs. Dogs-ish division, the Common Kusimanse was really outmatched again and this time was not so fortunate as the Tayra took him out.
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BUT KUSIMANSE SPOTS THE TAYRA & BOLTS AWAY! #2020MMM
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— Katie Hinde (@Mammals_Suck) March 20, 2020
- In another battle where I kinda liked both contenders, the Brown Hyena took out the Fossa and while I would have been happy to see either of these guys advance, IO’m glad the Hyena won since he was my pick.
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BROWN HYENA RUNS FOSSA OFF!! #2020MMM
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— Anne Hilborn (@AnneWHilborn) March 20, 2020
- Finally, in the major upset of the night, the European Badger somehow lost to the African Civet. I’m truly surprised since Badgers usually do pretty well isn’t these tournaments.
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AFRICAN CIVET DEFEATS EUROPEAN BADGER #2020MMM
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— Marc Kissel (@MarcKissel) March 20, 2020
Great night of #2020MMM action! Sloth Bear, Tayra, Brown Hyena, African Civet, Pygmy Hog, Pudu, Racoon Dog, and Tree Hyrax ADVANCE! Tune in for Double Trouble and AnthropoSCENE Round 2 on Monday, March 23rd. 8 PM EST. Stay safe everyone!
— Chris Anderson (@c_n_anderson) March 20, 2020
It’s a Wrap
So with the second round in the books for two of the divisions, we have the top four seeds from the Tiny Terrors division – Pygmy Hog, Raccoon Dog, Tree Hyrax, and Pudu advancing but there was an upset in the Cats-ish vs. Dogs-ish division. There we see the Sloth Bear, Brown Hyena, African Civet from the top seeds going forward but the number 7 Tayra made it as our Cinderella in these two divisions.
I’m still pulling for #TeamBrownHyena and #TeamRaccoonDog in the two divisions so I’m still feeling good.
Ramble 2020.01.29 | Kicking Off March Mammal Madness Round Two