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Hello and welcome back! Tonight, we recap the second round of battles in the Mammal Collectives and
the WILD North America Divisions! It is sure to be a night full of...March Mammal Madness!
The grey wolf spies a half-frozen carcass and heads toward it, but is cut off by the grizzly.
The grizzly stands on top of the carcass. The grey wolf
edges closer...takes a bite...then edges even closer ["How bold of you."], takes another bite and--
too late, the grizzly is charging! The wolf turns tail and runs, leaving the grizzly with the win.
MC, the sneak of weasels have snuck onto the lionesses' home turf in Botswana. They've landed
in the middle of the marsh... but also right in the middle of a boundary fight between two different prides of lionesses!
[growling and scampering noises]
Aggh! A weasel just got squished by a lioness!
The sneak has been stomped by the pride of lionesses! Farewell, mustelids.
Meanwhile, in Arkansas, the elk (also known as a wapiti) is hangry and eating some delicious grass .
The black bear is also hangry and wants the elk's turf - literally! The bear lunges. The wapiti stands
his ground, and stamps on it. The black bear opts to leave for greener pastures. The elk continues on.
The wombats land back in Australia, and sort themselves out.
Two of them are adult males and both would like to woo the lady wombat. They hiss, then screech,
and then chase each other! One of the bats, occupied with hunting, is run over by a wombat.
The rest of the bats opt to hunt in a more drama-free zone and leave the field of battle ["retreat!"]. All is
fair in love and war, and the victorious male wombat gets the win - and the lady!
MC, the busy beavers are, well, busy! They're gnawing on trees and getting food.
March Mammal Magic has deposited the lemurs high in the treetops - which the beavers are cutting down!
Timber!!!
The lemurs leap to safety! Now they're running away from the beavers...
...and out of the tournament. Well, that was easy. Go rodents!
In the Badlands, the bison is grazing peacefully.
The bighorn sheep appears and immediately gets the attention of another bighorn sheep!
["It's time to d-d-d-d-duel!!!"]
The sheep clash horns! The bison...is annoyed. ["Shaddup!"]
The sheep continue to fight, while tourists pull over to take pictures of the bison.
The bison has had it ["QUIET!"], and trots off the field of battle
The bighorn sheep wins!
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These competitors are rather evenly matched. The mountain lion weighs in at 454.5 stoats.
The jaguar, meanwhile, weighs in at 436.3 stoats.
Back in the Yucatan, it is once again ominously quiet. The big cats are hunting. The mountain lion tenses,
the jaguar crouches...POW! There is pouncing, clawing, and biting! Both cats have caught their prey.
Did you know that these contenders both live in the Yucatan and usually hunt different animals
for food? It's true! They catch each other's eye ["hey, how you doing?" and the mountain lion ["sigh"]
drags its catch away to feast off the field of battle ["Whatever."] The jaguar remains - and advances.
High in the Chinese mountains, the panda has discovered a pile of
horse poop...and is rolling around in it. The skunks arrive on the scene and join in, looking for insects. ["Eww!"]
The panda is curious about these skunks. Bad idea! The panda gets sprayed in the face!
The panda flails about, slips in poop, and rolls down the hill...and out of the battle. ["Comedy gold."]
The stench of skunks wins!
The Sweet 16 is set! Hit points decrease,
while difficulty levels increase. Will speed triumph over strength? Will intelligence outwit
dexterity? Join us as we find out. I am MC Marmot, and this is March Mammal Madness!