Wolverines: The Ferocious Predator and Trickster of the North
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Wolverines are solitary animals that have a reputation for being ferocious and containing a strength out of proportion to their size. For example, though wolverines are the size of a medium dog, they have no problem taking on much larger animals, like a moose. Yes, Logan, from the X-Men is named after this animal, and if you know anything about this character, this is a good super hero name for him.  (Well, Jennifer, that's because he was specifically designed with a wolverine animal in mind.)  Known as a trickster God in various Native American tribes, the wolverine is a long animal with short limbs and teeth strong enough to bite through frozen bones. The wolverine population has steadily declined since the 19th century due to range reduction, habitat fragmentation and human hunting. Wolverines are primarily scavengers and have often been called gluttons because of how quickly and how much they eat. The range of a wolverine is large and radio tracking suggests an animal can travel hundreds of miles in a few months. Traveling wolverines are even known to use human roads to travel! In The Good The Bad The News The Bad Asian-American actress Karen Fukuhara attacked by a coward who attacked her, threw racial slurs at her, and then walked away like the scum that he is. #stopasianhate  The Good A cute adorable, endangered Baby Rhino was born in a Czech Zoo. Brazil scientists at São Paulo State University have designed a completely biodegradable plastic for use as food packaging, partly made from a gelatin-based biofilm. Listen now to learn about Wolverines, the large Mustelids of the North. Follow us on Twitter @betterthanhuma1 on Facebook @betterthanhumanpodcast on Instagram @betterthanhumanpodcast https://www.tiktok.com/@betterthanhumanpodcast or Email us at [email protected] We look forward to hearing from you, and we look forward to you joining our cult of weirdness! #betterthanhuman #cultofweirdnes
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