March Mammal Madness Bracket: Of Myths & Monsters

The brackets were released on Friday for the March Mammal Madness 2021 and I’m pretty excited to see who’s in this year’s tournament.

Here’s a quick look at the Of Myths & Monsters bracket with the Harpy Eagle as the top seed. Now I’m pretty sure the Harpy Eagle is not a mammal but over the past few years the tournament has expanded to include many non-mammalian animals. Some have gone pretty far too. In any case, I’ll have to take a more in depth look to make my selections on who I think will win, but I just had to throw out this initial look to get things rolling.

And now that I look…there’s an asterisk there on the Brussels Griffon which I’m pretty sure is not really a species at all but a dog. I’m not sure what the tournament organizers are doing with this, but I really don’t want to see that poor puppy hurt.

There’s no wildcard battle for this bracket so the first round matchups are all set…

  • 1) Harpy Eagle
  • 16) Goliath Beetle
  • 8) Ghost Bat
  • 9) Thorny Devil
  • 5) Devil Frog
  • 12) Fire Salamander
  • 4) Picado’s Jumping Pitviper
  • 13) Flying Dragon Lizard
  • 6) Sphinx Monkey
  • 11) Black & Red Bush Squirrel
  • 3) Chimpanzee
  • 14) White-Winged Vampire Bat
  • 7) Blue-capped Ifrit
  • 10) Brussels Griffon
  • 2) Masrasector nananubis
  • 15) Crypt-keeper Wasp


Views from Beyond the Gate #141| March Mammal Madness Bracket: Of Myths & Monsters