March Mammal Madness the RESULTs!

[Jenny Makosky]

Everyone who said they were in have submitted brackets (except Jess).

Click here to view rankings thus far.

Here are the video rundowns of the first two bracket battles.

https://youtu.be/T41t_Oi1AeU?si=GHpoUhcBTk2ikuNK

https://youtu.be/wTTbGvJ7AiI?si=BTsKZy8CwUVWqwGr

jenny

[Jenny Makosky]

Molly has been added.  More battles are raging tonight.

[Erin Phinney Johnson]

Thank you so much for putting this all together, Jenny!

Erin

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[Jenny Makosky]

And if you want some AI generated recaps by a middle school science teacher check out this youtube.

And if you want a Raccoon puppet recap, check out this.

[Jenny Makosky]

It's Kai (43) and then Mo (41) thus far with 4 battles left in the Sweet 16. 

[Erin Phinney Johnson]

How is Kai so good at this?!

[Tara Wion]

I’m looping Kai into these emails! Priceless how it’s Kai and Mo at the top 😆

Tara Wion

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[Melissa Stamp]

Don’t worry, shorly my bracket will all fall apart and Kai will leave me in the dust. Sigh. 😜

On Mar 23, 2026, at 3:48 PM, Tara Wion <tara...@gmail.com> wrote:

 I’m looping Kai into these emails! Priceless how it’s Kai and Mo at the top 😆

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[Jenny Makosky]

Kai is still in the lead, but Patrice and Mo are close behind.

Here's how many combatants each person correctly picked to still be in play after the Sweet 16:

Erin: 4

Jenny: 5

Scooter: 5

Kate: 4

Patrice: 7

Mo: 6

Tara: 6

Kai: 7

Molly: 4

Next Battles are:

Croc vs Lions

Honey Badger vs Gila Monster

Aurochs vs Stellar's Sea Cow

Hippo vs Humpback Whale

My family is enjoying the AI generated recaps by Thriving with Thurmanator!

[Jenny Makosky]

Next Battles will be:

Croc vs Honey Badger

Whale vs Aurochs

Who picked one of these to win it all?

Honey Badger (Erin, Jenny, and late bracket arrival Jess)

Croc (Molly)

Whale (Tara)

Aurochs 

Other picks were Elephant (Scooter and Mo) and Hippo (Kate, Patrice, Naomi, and Kai) but these contestants have been eliminated.

If you pick the right winners in the next battle you'll get 8 points each.  Pick the final winner: 13 points. 

Standings

1	Kai	93
2	Mo	86
3	Patrice	85
4	Tara	82
5	Jess	70
6	Erin	69
7	Scooter	67
8	Naomi	63
9	Molly	63
10	Jenny	61
11	Kate	58

[Jessica Stahl]

I just had the conversation with Luke this morning that probably the croc would actually beat the honey badger, but I had the camel in the other spot and camel vs honey badger seemed more fun than versus the croc...jazzed to actually catch up on the battle news.  What a week!

J

Jessica L.S. Parsons, MD MS

Pediatric Psychonephrology

University of Utah

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[Erin Phinney Johnson]

Go Honey Badger!

[Jenny Makosky]

And the honey badger and aurochs lost 😞 final battle is croc vs whale.  Tara might be able to win it all if the whale wins this final battle.  Otherwise Kai has once again won it all.

[Jenny Makosky]

And the whale takes it all, which also means Tara won it all this year.  I haven’t read the latest battles but I am curious how these last battles went down.

[Tara Wion]

Woohoo! I took down Kai! No 3-peat for that kid 😂

Tara Wion

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