NEXT UP: 3rd-seed Wild Yak (Bos mutus) vs. 14th seed Zorilla (Ictonyx striatus)! #2025MMM This battle is by @chumblebiome.bsky.social! - ThreadSky

mammalssuck.bsky.social • 23 hours ago

NEXT UP: 3rd-seed Wild Yak (Bos mutus) vs. 14th seed Zorilla (Ictonyx striatus)! #2025MMM
This battle is by @chumblebiome.bsky.social!

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mrspope.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Will there be more potential spraying?

mutanthumb.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I’d like to see the actual brackets for #2025MMM like where is the platypus, meerkat, or quokka?

veppart.bsky.social•22 hours ago

the actual bracket as in the one you can fill out? Or the one with the current results?

mutanthumb.bsky.social•22 hours ago

The one with the current results.

veppart.bsky.social•22 hours ago

so far, right here https://bsky.app/profile/mmmletsgo.bsky.social/post/3lkmlkztzis2w

There will be a new one after tonight.

mutanthumb.bsky.social•22 hours ago

I’m glad to see the Quokka survived the first round!

mutanthumb.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Outstanding! Thank you!

mammalssuck.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Wild yak are on the #TuxedoStyleDivision scene & are not a sight to miss. Not that you could miss the huge fluffy dudes -one of the largest extant bovids, yaks are covered in long, shaggy dark hair. They top off their look w/ a lovely grey or gold accent muzzle (Leslie&Schaller 2009) #2025MMM

mammalssuck.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Not to be outdone, our other #TuxedoStyleDivision combatant, the striped polecat or zorilla, is a mustelid sharing an adaptive style guide like their Mephitid cousin skunk's: they're covered in black fur broken up with white stripes running on their back from head to tail. (Aguilar 2003) #2025MMM

dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Yak had better watch its step. It is not wise to underestimate a #MightyMustelid #2025MMM

mammalssuck.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Tonight's battle takes place in a remote, high-elevation alpine meadow. Surrounding the meadow is the backdrop of the alpine steppes and mountainous terrain of the Tibetan Plateau in Chang Tang Reserve. (Leslie&Schaller 2009)

A herd of yak is grazing in the cold sunshine.
#2025MMM

mammalssuck.bsky.social•23 hours ago

MEANWHILE in GAMBIA... Zorilla is on the hunt. This solitary, nocturnal carnivore is on the trail of a small rodent. He stops, hearing the scritch-scratch of small rodents near the edge of his forest-savanna territory. Zorilla silently stalks his prey, ambush leaps... #2025MMM

davesdogmaggie.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Oooh, bouncy.

#2025MMM

mammalssuck.bsky.social•23 hours ago

RIGHT AS #MMMagic Translocation portal opens!!!

Zorilla leaps onto the Tibetan plateau field of battle! Zorilla skids to a halt on the icy moss, assessing these new, chilly surroundings. Starting to actually get chilled, he sniffs the... MUSKY air.

#2025MMM

mammalssuck.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Nearby, a huge male Yak at the edge of the herd looks over. The piece of lichen he's nonchalantly chewing dangles from his mouth. #2025MMM

modcur.bsky.social•23 hours ago

This portal, no respect for sleep and no respect for snacks #2025MMM

saltyoctopus.bsky.social•21 hours ago

There's a suspicious number of mustelids this year
#2025MMM

kjaycee.bsky.social•23 hours ago

Who doesn't love an accent muzzle? #2025MMM #FashionWeek

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