Commander Libby

"I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again." -Anais Nin. #This #itstime

@Mammals_Suck YOU GUYS! (And gals, and others, etc) This was my first year playing along and it was a BLAST! Thank you to everyone involved in #MMM2024 #2024MMM

THANK YOU TO ALL WHO PLAY #2024MMM!! Have a wonderful year, take care of you, take care of your loved ones, and take care of nature!

We're back, baby!! @Astro_Mike & I have just posted a new episode of 'Two Funny Astronauts' We are very excited to announce our new partnership with @NASASpaceflight to bring you a whole new season! Watch it @YouTube or listen wherever you get podcasts. youtu.be/dGybys-lg8I

@ktcapuchin Yeah that's still a little weird, but at least it wasn't the squid 🤭 #MMM2024 #TrashTalk

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo Wow, what a time and place to drop a croc! #MMM2024 #SentencesThatINeverThoughtIdSay

to continue their study about how estuarine crocodillian fall impacts deep sea ecosystems like mini whale falls!!! (Bryant et al. 2022) #2024MMM

YEAHHHHHH #MMM2024

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo Ooh I'd be SO HERE FOR IT! 😂 😍 #TeamPaintedDog #mmm2024

BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE!?!? #2024MMM

THE CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE: 3-seed GREAT WHITE SHARK (Carcharodon carcharias) vs. 2-seed GIANT SQUID (Architeuthis dux) #2024MMM

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo Ope. Yah. Nope. Ha. Giant Squid didn't have to work for it 😂 😂 😂 #IDontReallyHateSquid #TrashTalk #mmm2024

Sperm Whale was the major challenge, but ship strike saved the Giant Squid in the Elite Trait, & global warming resurrected the zombie peatland in Antarctica for the Final Roar, so human impacts have been putting up the assists for Giant Squid in #2024MMM #BasketballReference

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo So. You're saying GS hasn't had to work for this at all? Hmmm 🤔 😉 #TrashTalk #mmm2024 😉

Giant Squid's route to the championship was initially smooth sailing with Tarzan Chameleon & Lucy skipping their encounters & Tiger being swallowed by the Tongue of the Ocean due to maggot-infested boar wound + rip currents. #2024MMM

@HarpyEagle2021 Darn straight! Wolf was my champion this year.... #tragic

Well at least I'm not the only obvious champion who lost. #2024MMM

Making the Painted Dog the TRUE winner 👏 #ForeverAloneSquid #TrashTalk #mmm2024 😉

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo Oh thank gosh the #MMMagic portal has a heart! 🙌

African Painted Dog is running OFF the FIELD of BATTLE onto the Antarctic Peninsula into soon to be sub-freezing temperatures... WHEN SUDDENLY MMMagic translocation portal returns African Painted Dog to his pack in Moremi Game Reserve!!!! #2024MMM

Last Up: 1-seed African Painted Dog (Lycaon pictus) vs 2-seed Giant Squid (Architeuthis dux) #RainbowCollection #EpicAnimals #2024MMM

March MAMMAL Madness Championship Battle Wednesday 8PM Eastern! #2024MMM You'll pay $0 for the seat AND ONLY USE THE EDGE!!!!!

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo Seems.... Fishy

WOW, WHAT A NIGHT! We have our #2024MMM Championship Combatants: Giant Squid vs. Great White Shark! <checks notes> NEITHER OF WHICH ARE A MAMMAL. #ChaosReigns

Not the giant squid! Did basically nothing again and won #TrashTalk #mmm2024

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo

AND SLIPPED RIGHT THE HECK BACK OUT!!! #2024MMM

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo

BUT GIANT SQUID'S FEEDING ARM REACH FALLS SHORT OF THE AFRICAN PAINTED DOG!! #2024MMM

Whoa!

Come on, Painted Dog! You're mah boi! You can do it! I believe in you! #mmm2024

@Mammals_Suck @MMMletsgo

Chunks of peat fly over the rocky hillside to land in the ocean inlet below. In mere minutes, African Wild Dog digs down 19.5 inches, his claws gouging through ~600 years of peat deposition and hitting the rock below!!! (Loisel et al. 2017) #2024MMM