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Wolverine whips Wolf
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When chasing a wolverine, it's best not to catch it.
Honey Badger vs. Wolverine would be interesting. My money's on the Wolverine, honestly.
That would be sweet!Honey Badger vs. Wolverine would be interesting. My money's on the Wolverine, honestly.
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Honey Badger vs. Wolverine would be interesting. My money's on the Wolverine, honestly.
Mine too. Honey Badger may not care. A wolverine most definitely does care.
Saw this movie a few years ago. About at the 1:40 mark in this clip, the researcher is talking about a certain wolverine that climbed a peak and traversed an insane climb of 4900 vertical feet in 90 mins. Worth the quick watch. The movie is worth it if you can find it.
Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom | The Phantom | Nature | PBS
Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom | The Phantom | Nature | PBS
I don't care how huge your Ackman is, I don't wanna hear about it! 
I think the last animal I'd want chewing on my face, is one who can actually eat an animal carcass - bones and all. That wolf is a very lucky canine...
Years ago, myself and a few other guys were driving down a forestry road here in central British Columbia when we saw a critter running along the road ahead of us.
The road had basically been built/blasted out of the side of a cliff, with a sheer drop-off on our right-hand side, and a rock wall on our left.
As we gained on the creature (we had slowed so as to not endanger it/stress it out too much, but still eventually caught up), it scrambled up on to a ledge on the rock wall to the left, at which point we stopped the truck and got out for a look, because up till now none of us could really tell what this thing was.
It turned out to be a wolverine, and we were only about ten feet, maybe less, away from it. It couldn't go any further because its little ledge had petered out...recognizing this, the wolverine faced us, and its stance, facial expression, and the noises it was making made it very clear to me and my co-workers that we were likely in for a very bad day if we encroached any further upon its space.
We slowly backed away, meekly reentered the truck, and drove off, considering ourselves lucky to have (A) seen a wolverine up close and (B) not having gotten our faces ripped off by it...
The road had basically been built/blasted out of the side of a cliff, with a sheer drop-off on our right-hand side, and a rock wall on our left.
As we gained on the creature (we had slowed so as to not endanger it/stress it out too much, but still eventually caught up), it scrambled up on to a ledge on the rock wall to the left, at which point we stopped the truck and got out for a look, because up till now none of us could really tell what this thing was.
It turned out to be a wolverine, and we were only about ten feet, maybe less, away from it. It couldn't go any further because its little ledge had petered out...recognizing this, the wolverine faced us, and its stance, facial expression, and the noises it was making made it very clear to me and my co-workers that we were likely in for a very bad day if we encroached any further upon its space.
We slowly backed away, meekly reentered the truck, and drove off, considering ourselves lucky to have (A) seen a wolverine up close and (B) not having gotten our faces ripped off by it...
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On a side note, I have heard that here in BC (and maybe Alberta and Alaska), wolverines have been known to drive grizzly bears off of their kills. 
- By "their kills", I am referring to, like, a moose that the grizzly brought down, and the wolverine decides the carcass is his (or hers)
- By "their kills", I am referring to, like, a moose that the grizzly brought down, and the wolverine decides the carcass is his (or hers)
Even the grizz know - just not worth messin' with...On a side note, I have heard that here in BC (and maybe Alberta and Alaska), wolverines have been known to drive grizzly bears off of their kills.
Years ago, myself and a few other guys were driving down a forestry road here in central British Columbia when we saw a critter running along the road ahead of us.
The road had basically been built/blasted out of the side of a cliff, with a sheer drop-off on our right-hand side, and a rock wall on our left.
As we gained on the creature (we had slowed so as to not endanger it/stress it out too much, but still eventually caught up), it scrambled up on to a ledge on the rock wall to the left, at which point we stopped the truck and got out for a look, because up till now none of us could really tell what this thing was.
It turned out to be a wolverine, and we were only about ten feet, maybe less, away from it. It couldn't go any further because its little ledge had petered out...recognizing this, the wolverine faced us, and its stance, facial expression, and the noises it was making made it very clear to me and my co-workers that we were likely in for a very bad day if we encroached any further upon its space.
We slowly backed away, meekly reentered the truck, and drove off, considering ourselves lucky to have (A) seen a wolverine up close and (B) not having gotten our faces ripped off by it...
You were MUCH wiser than those idiot visitors to Yellowstone we hear about who would surely have decided to take turns getting photos of each of them standing 5 feet in front of it. That would have ended very badly.
