Weasel Drool: Recommended by ten out of ten TV doctors! #MightyMustelids #2026mmm #2026MMM

PSA: Protect migrating and nesting birds by keeping your dog on a leash! Even the goodest dogs can cause migrating birds to waste energy they need for their long flights home and disrupt nesting behaviors which can cause eggs or chicks to die #2026MMM #2026mmm www.audubon.org/news/why-lea...

I always thought their eye stripe looked even more like a bandit mask than a raccoon's #2026mmm

Honey Badgers are large mustelids with a grizzled coarse grey mantle from top of the head down to their tail, with flanks and legs. The black & grey sections have thin white stripe of demarcation advertising their identity to other animals. #AposematicSignal #2026MMM #2026mmm

I would like it to be known that I seriously considered making my annual narration deke at this point but decided to wait a little longer, and I'm glad I did because the mink actually pulled it off and that's way better than me just pretending it ate the warrah #2026MMM

well my #2026MMM bracket is in rough shape, but one of my predicted mustelid upsets actually happened so I'm too giddy to care. when I come into work tomorrow and check my bracket in the pool standings, maybe the high will wear off. but that's for later

A species is made up of individuals who inherit MORE than the genes of their parents. Their inheritance from generation to generation, depending on the species, includes epigenetic mechanisms & nutritional endowments... #2026MMM

Sea Mink was to American mink as Polar Bears are to Grizzly Bears... meaning from an already incredible ancestor diverged a bigger, beastier version adapted to hunt marine resources. #EarlyLandToSeaEvolutionaryTransition (Sealfon 2007) #2026MMM

Yes the Cunning Canid vs. the Mighty Mustelid in a battle that could only be described by @natickbobcat.bsky.social as "Can't they BOTH LOSE"?!? #2026MMM

makes you think: what critters will our descendants be sad we never let them see? #2026MMM

NoooooooOOOOOOoooooooo! #2026MMM

all the #2026MMM narrators love mustelids

Nice article about river otter recovery in the Great Lakes region (with a brief mention of our work). "What matters is simple: otters are back. And their presence proves something worth remembering. Healing is possible. Ecosystems can recover." www.rewildingmag.com/the-river-ot...

#2026MMM #LibraryDivision #TeamNileCrocodile Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social

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....and you all should go see it because it has a great message about conservation as well as human-wildlife co-existance.

#MoneyMammals #2026MMM

it's kinda funny that I'm back to missing MMM for normal reasons instead of reasons like "I was waiting in a blind to drop a giant net over several deer so I could give them hard drugs and strange jewelry after wrestling them"

#2026MMM #MoneyDivision #TeamBeechMarten Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social

they're perfect and i love them #2026MMM

DOUBTED OUR PROMISE OF CARNAGE TONIGHT, or do plants not matter to you?! #PlantBlindness #2026MMM

I picked almost entirely lower seeds tonight. gonna be bracket carnage as well as the regularly-scheduled carnage #2026MMM

For our viewers at home, I am compelled to warn you that ALL but 2 of tonight's battles will include descriptions of RAMPANT CARNAGE! TWISTING RIPPING SLURPING TEARING GRINDING The faint of heart should proceed only with caution to the horrors that await you in MONEY MAMMALS DIVISION! #2026MMM

I guess I never did post my #2026MMM bracket! I got a picture before submitting it to the lab pool. Team Mustelid all the way!

I have fired up the stoatamatic. Stoatal converters will be fully operational by tomorrow night. #2026MMM

how far can a 15-seed go? with mustelids, anything is possible

lmao thank you secret stoat

fishers making nest boxes warm... this warms my heart (shoutout to the S. Johnson who helped with this study! i wish i could say that was me but it is not)

"green rabbitbush" and "Greene's rabbitbush" being different species is a crime against taxonomy

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had undoubtedly my funniest veg transect ever

folks who do outdoor fieldwork in cold conditions: I cannot recommend these reusable handwarmers from Ignik enough. I used one pair all week on my last field hitch. they still got hot today. they're like $2 each at REI

Things I learned in #2025MMM - urination time of all mammals (all animals?) is essentially the same (21 seconds plus/minus 13 seconds), what patagium is, quokkas yeet their babies at predators so they can escape, and the word kleptoparasitism which I plan to use at every opportunity. Yay, science!

#2025MMM a reminder that you can support the art team directly with purchases from our shop! ermineainc.org/shop/

Enter, the Antechinus to bring tiny carnage.

MMM is the only time of year I'm active on this account and @stoatamatic.bsky.social. I mostly use Bluesky with my art account! I won't drop my nom-de-plume publicly here for Reasons but if you're interested, feel free to DM

#2025MMM #2025MMMChampion #DivisionTuxedoStyle #TeamPolarBear Art by Olivia Pellicer @opellisms.bsky.social Mary C Freisner @maryfreisner.bsky.social Valeria Pellicer @veppart.bsky.social and Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social

POLAR BEAR IS THE #2025MMM CHAMPION!!!! ARTWORK by @veppart.bsky.social!

my bracket was a bust, and even my backup picks didn't pull through 😔 good thing I didn't bet anything on it this year #2025MMM

And lastly, thank you to all the coMMMunity for being an essential facet of the MMMagic of this annual extravaganza. Thank you for being us. #2025MMM

Time has NOT run out, & each of us can make an impact protecting our communities & recovering our ecosystems- through our time, through our effort, through our choices, through our political engagement, through our thoughtful conversations with loved ones. #2025MMM

Recent weeks, months, years have been full of challenges and heartbreak. For everyone. For all of you here tonight, we are so happy and thankful that you are joining us in this celebration of our natural world. #2025MMM

FINISH THE JOB #TeamMurderMittens #2025MMM

TRANS RIGHTS 🏳️‍⚧️

Sorry for the lack of stoatistics in #2025MMM tonight. I'm moving to Salt Lake City this weekend for a new job. Probably will be too busy packing tomorrow night too, but I should be back on Monday!

Taking another crack at the two divisions that didn't pan out for me! And yes, there's still one musteloid left, so even if it's foolish, I'm picking it. You got skin in the game, you stay in the game #TeamCoati #2025MMM

Still 20 points left on the board after round 2 of #2025MMM but still undeniably a #BracketBust

I got 5 points in the entire division. welp #2025MMM #BracketBust

Alright, I am not saying #2025MMM reactions are predictable... but I also had this video at my hooftips...