TONIGHT we begin the real action of 2025 March Mammal Madness with THE ONLY ONES! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:02:09.949Z
In biology, organisms are typically organized systematically Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. To keep track you can use this memory trick (mnemonic) Do Keep Pond Clean Or Frog Gets Sick. #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:02:49.077Z
Tonight’s Division features mammal “combatants” that are the only living species of their genus. The mammals in this division are “lonely” branches of the evolutionary tree showing notable differences from other living species in their family. #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:03:30.932Z
So without further ado… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6eQ… #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:04:43.665Z
First Up: 1-seed Addax (Addax nasomaculatus) vs. 16-seed Grant's Golden Mole (Eremitalpa granti) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:06:15.897Z
The largest male Addax tips the scales at 275lbs with 3 spiral twists of his 3.5 foot horns. Females are a bit smaller than the males and also wield spiral horns. (Altan 2000, Krausman & Casey 2007) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:07:00.815Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamAddax Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:08:06.214Z
The rumen is a hub for microbial fermentation in ruminants (eg Addax).Why doesn’t the host’s immune system attack these microbes?A study on Addax found high diversity in immune genes, which is likely associated w Addax's tolerance to beneficial microbes. #2025MMM doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00260
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:07:32.350Z
Although the smallest of the golden moles, Grant's Golden Mole does have the longest, softest fur of pale grayish-yellow with a silvery sheen. (Roth 2004) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:09:27.942Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamGoldenMole Art by Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:09:47.348Z
Golden moles are a group of burrowing mammals from Africa. The study of their karyotype (the complete set of chromosomes in a cell) revealed that it evolves slower than that of other mammals, w/ Grant's Golden Mole being the most different among them. #2025MMM link.springer.com/article/10.1…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:09:54.849Z
Tonight, the Addax, the "most desert loving large ungulate" stands in the Tin Toumma desert of north central Niger where the prevalent winds have created epic dune fields youtu.be/CoxWHRHG-2U?… (IUCN 2016; Stabach et al. 2017). #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:10:58.764Z
Over the winter, Addax's sandy white coat darkened to gray, with a heavy mass of long brown hair on neck, shoulders, and forehead. Now springtime, he is shedding clumps of his winter coat. (Altan 2000, Krausman & Casey 2007) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:11:45.039Z
MEANWHILE… in the Namib Desert a beast glides beneath the surface, hunting for its prey… the 35 gram (0.07lbs) GRANT'S GOLDEN MOLE. youtu.be/CoxWHRHG-2U?… #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:12:06.741Z
The Addax stands in perfect stillness on wide, flat hooves, shaped like a half moon, adapted for traveling over the desert sands. (Altan 2000, Krausman & Casey 2007). #2025MMM http://www.naturefootage.com/video-clips/…
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:13:13.458Z
Beneath the Addax, a desert beetle skitters along in the shifting sands, tiny insect feet (tarsi) causing minor seismic vibrations. #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:13:33.043Z
Unaware of MMMagical transportation into new sands, without eyes and unable to see, Grant's Golden Mole can hunt by detecting vibrations. He continues sand-swimming toward his next meal (Perrin & Fielden 1999; Mason and Narins 2002). #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:14:58.790Z
The Golden Mole leaves no tunnel, the sand collapses behind him as he sand swims to the surface right below the beetle… (Mason and Narins 2002). #2025MMM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5eU…
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:15:55.095Z
AMBUSH SURFACING, GOLDEN MOLE GRASPS THE BEETLE JUST AS ADDAX BEGINS TO WALK ACROSS THE DUNE!!! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:16:18.688Z
With a brief death shriek, Golden Mole is crushed between sand and hoof #CaughtBetweenTinyRocksAndAHoofPlace (Roth 2004) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:17:53.439Z
ADDAX DEFEATS GRANT'S GOLDEN MOLE!!! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:18:29.491Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamAddax Art by Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:19:03.741Z
Environmental DNA (eDNA*) is an approach to characterizing & monitoring biodiversity. An eDNA study along the west coast of South Africa revealed a potentially novel Grant's Golden Mole subspecies.*DNA shed by organisms into their surroundings.#2025MMM #RIP link.springer.com/article/10.1…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:18:58.148Z
Next up: #3 seed Saiga (Saiga tatarica) vs. #14 seed Woolly Giant Rat (Kunsia tomentosus) #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:21:48.489Z
Saiga are a small antelope: 31.5in (~3.2 stoats) tall at the shoulder & 99lb (~200 stoats). Although small in body, they have a lot of face! The fictional Toydarians from Star Wars share this nosable, I mean NOTEABLE, feature. Males have horns up to 16in long. #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:22:44.691Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamSaiga Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:23:08.963Z
Populations of Saiga antelope in W Asia have varied in size dramatically since the 1990s, including cycles of collapse due to hunting, rebound, & collapse again due to infectious diseases– but DNA data also show a genetic bottleneck ~10,000 yrs ago! #2025MMM onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:23:14.049Z
Native to South America, the Woolly Giant Rat has coarse, dense, dark gray fur, short limbs, & long, powerful claws. "Giant" in this case is a relative term, as the Woolly Giant Rat has a top weight of approx. 1.3lb (2.75 stoats). #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:24:23.292Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamWoollyGiantRat Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:24:53.012Z
Our furry friend the Woolly Giant Rat (Kunsia tomentosus) has the largest body size (up to 630 grams!) of any living member of the rodent subfamily Sigmodontinae– but has a fairly normal mammalian karyotype, with a diploid number of 2n=44, belying it's chonky belly #2025MMM doi.org/10.1093/mspe…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:24:57.653Z
Tonight, in the Betpak-Dala region of Kazakhstan, Saiga is grazing on some lichen & wormwood, preferred wintertime nutrition when many of the other 80 species in his diet are less available. (Bekenov et al 1998) #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:25:57.258Z
Between mouthfuls, Saiga looks out at his herd of 40. A couple generations ago, in 2015, 60% of the world's saiga died from a bacterial infection in only 3 weeks, but population sizes have rebounded in recent years. #2025MMMwww.cms.int/en/news/scie…
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:26:43.190Z
MEANWHILE… 8,000 miles away in the Parque Nacional das Emas in central Brazil, the omnivorous Woolly Giant Rat is hunting for insects in its open grassland. Woolly Giant Rat is often active at twilight (scientific term "crepuscular") & nighttime (Bezerra et al 2007) #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:27:22.172Z
As he dashes at a beetle, #MMMagic translocates Woolly Giant Rat to Kazakhstan, where he finds himself surrounded by a forest… of thin Saiga limbs. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:28:11.275Z
Used to easily spotting the approach of predators or other animals by scanning the open landscape, Saiga skip-startles a step at the rodent in its midst. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:29:05.320Z
Woolly Giant Rat is more surprised by the cold, dry air! The average March temperature in Betpak-Dala is 28F, a far cry from Woolly Giant Rat's native tropical habitat. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:30:25.724Z
SNOOFLING air through his cavernous nostrils, Saiga investigates the newcomer. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:31:22.414Z
Exposed & chilled, Woolly Giant Rat tries to tunnel into the soil of the steppe. His strong claws are well adapted for digging, as he has what scientists call a "semifossorial" lifestyle. (Bezerra & Pardiñas 2016). #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:31:52.602Z
Exposed & chilled, Woolly Giant Rat tries to tunnel into the soil of the steppe. His strong claws are well adapted for digging, as he has what scientists call a "semifossorial" lifestyle. (Bezerra & Pardiñas 2016). #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:31:52.602Z
But the clay-based Kazakhstan soil is 'slower going' to burrow into than the dirt of his Brazilian home! Woolly Giant Rat's claws are getting nowhere fast as Saiga continues to watch and wooflesnort. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:32:38.267Z
Woolly Giant Rat, unable to quickly escape underground & uninterested in joining the Saiga herd, dashes away from Saiga's shuffling hooves and sniffing snoot, fleeing across the open country and off the field of battle. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:33:19.406Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamSaiga Art by Mary C Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:35:27.838Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamSaiga Art by Mary C Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:35:27.838Z
The geographic range of the Woolly Giant Rat extends from the Brazilian states of Amazonas, Rondônia, and Mato Grosso through parts of Bolivia — inhabiting open areas and savannas where it digs extensively with "gopher-like" front paws! #2025MMM #RIP doi.org/10.1093/mspe…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:34:07.458Z
Next up: 6-seed Indri (Indri indri) vs. 11-seed Hispid Hare (Caprolagus hispidus) #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:37:55.798Z
At 21lb (~43 stoats) & 35in long (with a *purrfect* 2in tail) the Indri, or Babakota in the native Malagasy language, is the largest living lemur species. Fur colors can vary (white/black/gray/brown), but all Indris have tufted black ears & long legs. #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:38:43.213Z
At 21lb (~43 stoats) & 35in long (with a *purrfect* 2in tail) the Indri, or Babakota in the native Malagasy language, is the largest living lemur species. Fur colors can vary (white/black/gray/brown), but all Indris have tufted black ears & long legs. #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:38:43.213Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamIndri Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:39:11.504Z
Phenotypic variation btw Indri indri populations suggested the existence multiple indri subspecies. A DNA study showed these differences aren't significant at the DNA level, highlighting the importance of using multiple lines of evidence when defining (sub)species. #2025MMM doi.org/10.1007/s107…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:39:19.452Z
The rare & elusive Hispid Hare, also known as a "bristly rabbit", is 20in long & weighs 5.5lb (~11 stoats). It has brown fur, short & stout hind legs, & relatively short ears. #StoatsAsMeasurement #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:40:17.850Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamHare Art by Mary C Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:41:16.321Z
A study using both nuclear and mitochondrial markers revealed the Hispid Hare to be most closely related to the European rabbit. #2025MMM academic.oup.com/sysbio/artic…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:40:55.949Z
Today's battle takes place in the Maromizaha Forest in eastern Madagascar, in the low to mid-altitude coastal rainforest habitats Indri calls home. Indri is currently foraging for young leaves, a preferred food source (Britt et al 2003). #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:41:57.465Z
MEANWHILE, in the tall grasslands of the southern Himalayan foothills, the nocturnal Hispid Hare is crouched among the thatch, sleeping. Unlike many rabbits, Hispid Hares are not known to construct burrows. Asleep, Hispid Hare is unaware of #MMMagic translocation to Madagascar. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:42:53.706Z
Upon arrival, the forest cacophony of… bird calls? disturbs the snoozing lagomorph. Hispid Hare stays still in the new, unfamiliar habitat. This is a strange land, the forest very different than the 10-foot tall elephant grass he uses for both food & shelter. #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:43:29.764Z
A SHADOW PASSES ABOVE! #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:44:05.749Z
THUNK! #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:44:36.579Z
Indri JUMPS from a tree 30 feet away, landing in a single leap on the tree nearest Hispid Hare. Indri uses her strong webbed toes & a large opposable big toe to cling to the trunk. (Demes et al 1996) #VerticalLeapingAndClingingBoyee #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:45:17.603Z
<AWOOOOOOOO> <SCREEEEEEECH> <HOOOONNNNNK> #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:45:42.340Z
Indri and her pairmate sing the song of their species. One of the few singing primates, their songs echo up to a mile and tell neighboring Indris to stay off their lawn! (Pollock 1986) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h0Z… #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:46:18.151Z
<puhf> All that lingers is a tiny cloud of forest dust as Hispid Hare dashes away from the scene of battle. #NotAMusicLover #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:47:07.597Z
INDRI SPOOKS HISPID HARE!!!!! #2025MMM
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:47:42.184Z
Post-Battle fun fact: The very first recordings of Indri songs were made by none other than David Attenborough! pbswisconsin.org/watch/nature…
— Lara Durgavich (@ldurgavich.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:49:11.839Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamIndri Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:48:06.073Z
Chromosome painting (a method that identifies the number and structure of chromosomes) of rabbits and hares found a variable number of chromosome pairs (21-24), suggesting some genomic rearrangements across the clade (Robinson et al. 2002). #2025MMM #RIP doi.org/10.1159/0000…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:48:26.450Z
NEXT UP: #2 Cougar (Puma concolor) vs. Star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:51:26.375Z
The COUGAR (puma/mountain lion/catamount) weighs in at 265 lbs (545 stoats), 7'10" long (~7 stoats), and almost 3 ft tall (~3.5 stoats)! Spanning the Americas, these cats reflect Bergmann's rule & tend to be smaller near the equator. (Gay & Best 1996) #TheMoreYouGrow #StoatsAreStandard #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:52:01.272Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamPuma Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:52:17.059Z
Sometimes considered a member of the so-called 'big cats', genetic studies have revealed that Pumas are only distantly related to other big cats (found mostly in the genus Panthera). Their closer genetic relatives include the smaller Jaguarundi & the African cheetah. #2025MMM doi.org/10.1101/gr.1…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:52:23.953Z
Sometimes considered a member of the so-called 'big cats', genetic studies have revealed that Pumas are only distantly related to other big cats (found mostly in the genus Panthera). Their closer genetic relatives include the smaller Jaguarundi & the African cheetah. #2025MMM doi.org/10.1101/gr.1…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:52:23.953Z
The STAR-NOSED MOLE is 2.65 oz (1/3rd stoat) and 8" long (3/5th stoat) with a strikingly unique face! Their name comes from the sensory organ surrounding their nose that uses TWENTY-TWO finger-like tendrils to feel their environment & find prey. #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:53:00.799Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamStarnosedMole Art by Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:53:21.047Z
As the most beautiful of all mammals, the Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) has a dark secret. Very dark: it cannot see well! Their vision is impaired due to 6 genes coding for retinal proteins having stop codons in them: see the STARS in the diagram below. #2025MMM doi.org/10.1016/j.ym…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:53:45.357Z
I should mention, this battle is a collaboration with @midwesternmouse.bsky.social & myself! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:54:40.987Z
Star-nosed Mole is searching for grubs near the Pinawa Channel & Winnipeg River in southern Manitoba, CA. As her star-nose tendrils touch a delicious worm, she moves at THE SPEED OF NERVES (120 milliseconds) to grab it… (Catania & Remple 2005) #2025MM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:55:16.349Z
Star-nosed Mole is searching for grubs near the Pinawa Channel & Winnipeg River in southern Manitoba, CA. As her star-nose tendrils touch a delicious worm, she moves at THE SPEED OF NERVES (120 milliseconds) to grab it… (Catania & Remple 2005) #2025MM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:55:16.349Z
BUT #MMMagic translocation IS FASTER, and Star-nosed Mole arrives amongst the moonshadows cast on the forest floor of a woodland-grassland of the Santa Susana Mountains of Southern California! (Riley et al., 2021) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:55:39.438Z
The quiet night is broken by a <schweffffft> pause <schwefffffft> pause <schweffffft> #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:56:00.123Z
What the poorly developed eyes of the Star-nosed Mole can not see that is Puma pulling a recently-killed carcass toward a hiding spot. Having initially gorged, the puma will now conceal the kill from competitors & scavengers. (Allen et al., 2023) #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:57:49.094Z
With a violent pivot & pull, Puma rolls Star-Nosed Mole under the dragging deer carcass! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:59:16.782Z
With a violent pivot & pull, Puma rolls Star-Nosed Mole under the dragging deer carcass! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T00:59:16.782Z
Trapped under the deer carcass, star-nosed mole is dragged… gets caught against the jagged edge of a rock jutting from the dirt!! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:00:14.342Z
Trapped under the deer carcass, star-nosed mole is dragged… gets caught against the jagged edge of a rock jutting from the dirt!! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:00:14.342Z
<SCHWEFT> the deer carcass is pulled away as Puma moves further to cache the deer carcass! Star-Nosed Mole gasps for air in the leaf litter!! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:01:10.556Z
ALL OF A SUDDEN, Puma paw, while pulling together leaf litter to cover the deer, bycatches Star-nosed Mole!!! In a final crush, mole carcass becomes part of the forest debris hiding the deer carcass. #SoMetaMetal #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:02:09.066Z
COUGAR CRUSHES STAR-NOSED MOLE!!! #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:02:22.886Z
#2025MMM #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamPuma Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social #mammals #sciart
— V Pellicer- art commissions open! (@veppart.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:03:11.989Z
Here's an example of what those stop codons and insertions/ deletions look like in the retinal protein genes of the Star-nosed Mole's cousins in the Afrotheria — indeed evolution has a way of enforcing that "if you don't use it you lose it" mentality. #2025MMM #RIP doi.org/10.1016/j.ym…
— Eduardo Amorim (@cegamorim.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:03:30.656Z
Time for an #InspirationalIntermission #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:05:02.332Z
#InspirationalIntermission #2025MMM
— Katie Hinde (@mammalssuck.bsky.social) 2025-03-13T01:06:25.816Z
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