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.

The number 2 seeded Pudu takes out the lovable Hedgehog to keep the top 2 seeds of the Tiny Terrors alive.

  • The trifecta is achieved as the Raccoon Dog beats out the Island Fox allowing the 3rd seeded Tiny Terror to advance.
  • To finish off Round 2 of the Tiny Terrors, the Tree Hyrax dominates the Kodkod to make all top 4 seeds in the Tiny Terrors winners tonight.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.


     

    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