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Contents 1 Disamiguation 2 Vandalized 3 15 kilo?? 4 Heraldry 5 Napoleon gone 6 Killing a Moose? 7 Conservation status 8 Size 9 This entry in wikipedia desperately needs a cleanup. 10 A Spelling Mistake - 11 On Range Section 12 Range 13 Much cleanup needed

[edit] Disamiguation

Does this page need a disamiguation page? These two types of "Wolverines" are unrelated. Frecklefoot 17:31 Oct 14, 2002 (UTC)

Maybe, though I'm not sure it's worth it as long as both entries are so small. Wesley

I removed the Marvel character part since it has its own (lengthy) entry. See disambiguation page.

[edit] Vandalized

11/16/06 This page has been vandalized recently, ie the tree frog entry. I surmise that it may be the work of an Ohio State fan since there is a big fooball game between the Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes soon. P.S. LICK MY BALLS AND SUCK MY DICK U FAGGOTS

[edit] 15 kilo??

In Sweden we have wolverines @ a maximum 45 kilo, and 30 kilo is quite common. And we have beards also. Hello mom.

[edit] Heraldry

Where did this stuff come from? I've split it out into a separate section but it looks wild. --Phil | Talk 17:07, Oct 26, 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Napoleon gone

To the person who removed the Napoleon Dynamite reference on 24 Jan 2005... i came to this entry earlier to learn about gulo gulo and that sentence really put a smile on my face. a little whit is what we all need to brighten our days. are you a stodgy librarian?

I don't know who removed it, but come on . . . it didn't belong there. What might be funny to you might be irritating to someone else. Funnyhat 04:48, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Killing a Moose?

Man, this would be awesome if it's true, but I'm a bit skeptical. Can someone provide a reference for this happening? I've seen moose up close and personal, and they are HUGE, and have no problem being violent. I have a hard time believing a 66-pound animal could kill one, unless the moose was sick, injured, or juvenile. Can somebody fact-check?

Taking prey from a polar bear? This would only really work if it was "snatched" and run away with. A polar bear would gut a wolverine with a single swipe.

Source: Alaska Fish and Games: In the right situations, wolverines can kill moose or caribou, but these occurrences are rare. http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/furbear/wolverin.php Egberts 09:56, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Source: Some individual wolverines can become good hunters and can kill young and adult ungulates, or animals with hooves, such as caribou and even moose, if the prey is in poor physical condition or if the wolverine has manoeuvred it into a disadvantaged position, such as in heavy snow. http://www.hww.ca/hww2.asp?id=108 Egberts 09:56, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

As I understand it, heavy snow is the key - I've seen images of a wolverine killing a wapiti caught in heavy snow. Anyways, a reference here and a request for it on the main page? Fixed. WilyD 13:37, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Correction... Wolverine has a unique combo of quickness, evasiveness, agility and lethality (powerful crushing jaws). I've only got my grandfather (the Michigan State Game Warden for Oscoda, Mason County, Michigan) who relayed that ¨you only need to witness just once a wolverine take down a black bear with relative ease, and I DO mean relative killing ease. If matched with a grizzly, I'd put money on the wolverine any day.¨ Most bears avoid the wolverines after the first experience and I suspect that bears now avoided wolverine mostly by instinct. A couple of Yogi (dumb) bears would venture and experiment with a wolverine (much to their dissatisfaction) Egberts 09:46, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Yup. They kill moose by climbing trees, then they jump on moose that walk underneath and kill them. They do the same for deer. 61.230.72.211 03:05, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Sources can be rong and I doubt this. A pack of wovles has trouble killing a moose. But one wolverine can. This is ridiculous. I guess if the moose was in a trap and couldn't fight back. A wolverine vs a grizzly one, if not the largest carnavoire in the world. Yeah righ.t. While wolverines are fierce, they simply cannot take on animals 10 or 20 times their size. Just because a bear or a moose avoids a wolverine means the wolverine can kill it.

But it is true wolverines hunt deer. Dora Nichov 14:10, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Conservation status

I thought the wolverine was fairly common, at least in Canada. Does this refer to its status throughout its range? Fishhead64 08:00, 17 March 2006 (UTC) Wolverines can kick any things butt its there godly nature :)

[edit] Size

The Wolverine Foundation website puts the wolverine's size much smaller than this article (http://www.wolverinefoundation.org/faq.htm). This article also only mentions the maximum size. An idea of what's average could be useful.

[edit] This entry in wikipedia desperately needs a cleanup.

Can someone suggest this article as one that is very badly in need of a total re-write? It's awful, filled with claims that really do require citation or even general fact-checking.

[edit] A Spelling Mistake -

There was a spelling mistake(Ferocius) That I would like to correct: The Word is Ferocious. Also, Despite the common idea that they(wolverines) are reticent and avoid humans, the one I encountered, proved otherwise, and enforced a speedy retreat back down the trail I was walking down, away from my cabin... And No, it is a valid POV word, not an invalid one. NPOV, could and should only be used when valid. After all, Whether POV or Not, this whole wikipedia thing is about POV. Any other encyclopedia is about pov, also, because that is what defines works of literature be they factual or fiction...

Michael 00:06, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] On Range Section

I grew up in the northwest region of Iowa and I have seen wolverines occasionally wandering on the land we lived on in the country. My mom told me she has seen wolverines crawling into their dens at sunset in the ditches beside the road. I thought this unusual, considering wolverines are usually reclusive toward humans or anything to do with humans. But, I am sure I have seen them in parts of north and central Iowa.Wolfranger 14:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Range

What about the range outside of Northern America? Punkmorten 11:55, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Much cleanup needed

This article is full of mistakes and errors. Starting from scientific name (Gulo luscus and then /correct/ Gulo gulo). Please, corrent it googling some decent zoological entry.