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Wolverine v Human
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Wolverine - Gulo gulo
The Wolverine is a stocky and muscular animal, considered carnivorous but known on occasion to eat plant material. It has glossy brown hair with stripes of yellow along the sides. The fur is long and dense and does not retain much water, making it very resistant to frost in the wolverine's cold habitat (this has led to some popularity amongst hunters and trappers for its use as a lining in jackets and parkas). The adult Wolverine is about the size of a medium dog, with a length in the usual range of 65-87 cm (25-34 inches), a tail of 17-26 cm (7-10 inches), and weight of 10-20 kg (22-45 lb). Males of the species are as much as 30 percent larger than the females. In appearance the Wolverine resembles a small bear with a long tail. It has been known to give off a very strong, extremely unpleasant odor, giving rise to the nicknames "skunk bear" and "nasty cat."

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Human - Homo sapiens
Humans (known taxonomically as Homo sapiens, Latin for "wise man" or "knowing man") are the only living species in the Homo genus. Anatomically modern humans originated in Africa about 200,000 years ago, reaching full behavioral modernity around 50,000 years ago. Humans have a highly developed brain and are capable of abstract reasoning, language, introspection, and problem solving. This mental capability, combined with an erect body carriage that frees the hands for manipulating objects, has allowed humans to make far greater use of tools than any other living species on Earth. Human body types vary substantially. Although body size is largely determined by genes, it is also significantly influenced by environmental factors such as diet and exercise. The average height of an adult human is about 1.5 to 1.8 m (5 to 6 feet) tall, although this varies significantly from place to place and depending on ethnic origin. The average mass of an adult human is 54–64 kg (120–140 lbs) for females and 76–83 kg (168–183 lbs) for males. Weight can also vary greatly (e.g. obesity). Unlike most other primates, humans are capable of fully bipedal locomotion, thus leaving their arms available for manipulating objects using their hands, aided especially by opposable thumbs.

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kingoftheavians
Mar 8 2014, 07:35 AM
Wolverine v Human
Edited by Taipan, Dec 28 2014, 02:00 PM.
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Mar 12 2014, 10:53 AM
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Mar 10 2014, 07:29 PM
kingkazma
Mar 10 2014, 12:50 AM
Hatzegopteryx
Mar 10 2014, 12:14 AM
Are you guys serious? This isn't a mismatch, jesus christ.
Yes it is. More than half the people here can kill a wolverine.
lol lol Are you kidding?
No. The majority of people here are grown men. You could throw, slam,stomp, kick, punt, punch, choke,break bones and necks. Imo the human wins.
Technically, yes, you could do all those things you've listed. However, the average angry wolverine is not going to allow that to happen without putting up a fight of its own. As I have stated, most people cannot just hurl a wiggling, biting, clawing 50 pound object. If you can, please post a video of this. Any other form of attack, is likely to be met with those teeth and claws. As for breaking bones, that takes some serious force and most people, do not possess that ability. As for choking a wolverine, a wolverine's neck is pretty damn thick, no good grab points and as I have stated, the wolverine, a flexible mustelid, is likely to fight back by twisting itself and biting you.

You're really not giving the animal any credit when this animal is quite well armed to defend itself.

A human's size is not a true advantage. My 14 pound cat has inflicted some pretty nasty damage to me over the years and she doesn't even have front claws. She likes to sit in my lap and sometimes, while sitting in my lap, something scares her and she does a burnout on my lap, those rear claws, scratching me pretty damned nice, so nice that I bleed. I am over 150 pounds heavier than her and taller than her, but that means nothing, because her claws can still do damage to me. Hurts like a mother fucker and causes me to drop her and throw her off of me. Now, I could grab this cat and strangle it, throw it, bash it, take it to the toilet and drown it, but she's going to put up a nasty fight the entire time, squirming, kicking, clawing, possibly biting and doing all she can to cause me to drop her. In end, I may triumph and best her, but I am going to take damage in the process.

I'm going to leave you with this video here, so that you can see for yourself that size isn't everything and that nothing is truly 100% guaranteed.

Anyhow, I am done with this thread for the night.

Edited by GuloLuscus, Mar 12 2014, 11:08 AM.
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The wolverine account(the full version, not the half baked one) appeared to have been told by Eskimos not scientists. As for the dog attacks, the majority were babies, the elderly, packs, immense dogs, fighting breeds, and people weakened by a crisis. The ONLY impressive kills I saw were
Mongrel Maxwell Breeze 14 years The dog dragged him under water and killed him by drowning.

German Shepherd Laurene MacLeod 35 years The homeless woman was killed by a police dog that entered a vacant house where she was staying



Unknown Chow William Kirsh 59 years Gravedigger killed by a black chow named "Midnight"


June 7 Pit bull dogs Shaun McCafferty 27 years Killed outside a meth lab by one or more of the lab owner's dogs

Pit bull Brandon Coleman 25 years Killed in his own home by his own dog


Boxer Pablo Flietes 52 years Killed when he entered the pen of his employer's dog

Pit bull Richard Adams 47 years Killed by a dog guarding salvage yard

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Pamela Rushing 50 years Killed by her own dog

Boxer mix and/or a Mixed breed dog Karen Gillespie 53 years Killed by a dog adjacent to the owner's property
Alaskan Malamute Theresa Ellerman 49 years Killed at her friend's home by her friend's dog

Rottweiler Hao Yun “Eddie” Lin 33 years The man was a USPS letter carrier. The dog was in a house, but pushed open a door, ran after Lin, and caused his head to strike the ground. He died nine days later. Authorities did not say if the attack included bites.

Unknown dog(s) Tracey Payne 46 years Killed by a dog(s) in vacant lot

November 16 Pit bull Justin Lane 25 years Killed by his family's dog


Pit bull David Haigler 38 years Killed at home by his own dog.

August 11 Pit bull Darla Napora 32 Years Killed by one of her family's two pit bulls
December 5 Pit bull Joseph Hines 58 years Killed by his dog in his home.
December 8 Pit bull Misti Wyno 40 years Killed by her neighbor's dog

November 14 Mastiff Dawn Brown 44 years Killed by a dog she had obtained less than one week earlier

Okay I wasn't going to add old people, but this is just plain weird.



December 11 Boston terrier Unknown woman 93 years The woman was "mauled by a Boston terrier." No other details are known as this death was never directly covered by the media. It was mentioned briefly in an article in 2014 about another fatal dog bite.[


April 11 Pit bull - Mastiff mix [479] Claudia Gallardo 38 years A woman was killed after being attacked by a dog that has terrorized the neighborhood for months, according to authorities and residents.[480][481] The dog, reported to be a female pit bull/mastiff mix, was also reported to have attacked neighbors in the past.[479] Claudia Gallardo was killed after jumping into the fenced yard where the dog was kept.

April 30 German Shepherd Rachael Honabarger 35 years The attack happened at home involving a male dog registered to her husband. The dog was 100-150 lbs and 3 years old. One neighbor said that the dog has been aggressive and guarded the house.[490] News sources reported that she died four days after the attack; however, the date given in her obituary was 2 days after the attack.
February 28 Paterson, NJ Kenneth Santilla 13 years Bullmastiff n/a A 115-pound bullmastiff escaped a back-yard fence and mauled two 13-year-old boys, killing one and injuring the other.

I excluded any individual under 13 and over 59.
Now take down all the dogs that are; fighting dogs, hunting dog breed, sled dog breed, large breed, guard breed, and bully breeds.
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Guloluscus, I disagree about size. I think its the only thing saving the person in this matchup lol
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Mar 12 2014, 10:35 AM
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Mar 12 2014, 10:18 AM
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Humans have been slaughtered by even medium-sized domesticated dogs more often than most people here care to reference to any way but slyly


Indeed. And dogs don't have claws with which to grapple you, thus no claw damage, all teeth.

I mean, shit, if humans are so great at killing animals bare-handed, then certainly we wouldn't have had to develop tools for trapping and killing them.

People need to stop looking only at the size and intelligence differences. These things can often be irrelevant.


This is a great point. The size difference is not even all that great, considering that this is a hefty quadruped, and if we can make the baseless assertion that the wolverine is less intelligent (in reality the only thing I see that can be clearly evinced is that it knows less), why does that make a difference? Are we solving integral calculus equations or fighting? You do not need to be intelligent to be a proficient brawler; otherwise, IQ would be correlated with fighting efficiency. You also don't need to know all that much. The wolverine is much more practiced, and he knows how to kill. You can shout the position of his major arteries and pressure points, but it won't impress him enough to keep him from gnawing into yours.

kingkazma
Mar 12 2014, 10:53 AM
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Mar 10 2014, 07:29 PM
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Mar 10 2014, 12:50 AM
Hatzegopteryx
Mar 10 2014, 12:14 AM
Are you guys serious? This isn't a mismatch, jesus christ.
Yes it is. More than half the people here can kill a wolverine.
lol lol Are you kidding?
No. The majority of people here are grown men. You could throw, slam,stomp, kick, punt, punch, choke,break bones and necks. Imo the human wins.


I have to politely disagree. Very experienced martial artists (by no means fair representatives of an average human) can kick hard enough to break relatively dense sticks, or punch hard enough to break concrete, but to break bones that are not lower ribs or diminutive takes so much more pressure than is demonstrated by movies or what would seem like common sense. Low grade concrete used for martial arts exhibitions requires at most 23 MPa, and this is the standard strength used for such demonstrations (not implying that this is easy to break; only that it is almost impossible to break concrete stronger than this without extreme training). It takes not double, not triple, but more than quadruple that pressure to break mammal bones (130 MPa being around the upper limit). Even small chicken bones that have been cooked are somewhat difficult to break, and those are almost totally hollow. Don't overestimate the fragility of any animal; people here seem to think that if you touch a cheetah or chipmunk, it will drop dead.
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As for the dog attacks, the majority were babies, the elderly, packs, immense dogs, fighting breeds, and people weakened by a crisis. Now take down all the dogs that are; fighting dogs, hunting dog breed, sled dog breed, large breed, guard breed, and bully breeds.


First of all, this list is not exhaustive; it only examines one country, fatalities covered by the media, and those for which there is sufficient coverage from a 100 year period (which are all superlative restrictions, considering that dogs are domesticated in almost every country on Earth and that their domestication spans about 20,000 years (so it covers a little more than half of a percent of the relevant time period)). From the article: "This list is not meant to be exhaustive, as news reports about other attacks have not yet been found and included. Furthermore, there may have been fatal dog attacks during these years that were not reported in the news. For example, the 2012 Dixie Jennings attack was only reported by the media several days after the incident, when local residents heard rumors and asked the media to report on the incident.[9] Similarly, the 2001 William Kirsch fatal attack is only known from a brief mention in an article about a different attack."

I do agree with your observation that the majority were very young or very old, but this list does not cover non-fatal injuries, so the trend can be explained by the fact that healthier individuals were able to escape or seek aid before being killed. Also, attacks on the aforementioned nomenclatures will be reported more fervently, because they have a certain shock factor to them. To reply to your point that most of the dogs are impressive breeds; I find no basis to this argument. Of course they are dangerous breeds. You know what else is a dangerous race? That of wolverines. Dogs had undergone a stage of reduced aggressiveness and possibly degenerated ability. All powerful breeds today are descended from those, and they can still boast considerable capabilities. Imagine what an animal whose ancestry consists of unbroken and necessary brutality could accomplish? It is like comparing wolves to any domesticated dog breed; for a quick answer to that battle, go to any of the dozens of relevant posts on this forum.
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Mar 12 2014, 11:06 AM
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Mar 12 2014, 10:53 AM
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Mar 10 2014, 12:50 AM
Hatzegopteryx
Mar 10 2014, 12:14 AM
Are you guys serious? This isn't a mismatch, jesus christ.
Yes it is. More than half the people here can kill a wolverine.
lol lol Are you kidding?
No. The majority of people here are grown men. You could throw, slam,stomp, kick, punt, punch, choke,break bones and necks. Imo the human wins.
Technically, yes, you could do all those things you've listed. However, the average angry wolverine is not going to allow that to happen without putting up a fight of its own. As I have stated, most people cannot just hurl a wiggling, biting, clawing 50 pound object. If you can, please post a video of this. Any other form of attack, is likely to be met with those teeth and claws. As for breaking bones, that takes some serious force and most people, do not possess that ability. As for choking a wolverine, a wolverine's neck is pretty damn thick, no good grab points and as I have stated, the wolverine, a flexible mustelid, is likely to fight back by twisting itself and biting you.

You're really not giving the animal any credit when this animal is quite well armed to defend itself.

A human's size is not a true advantage. My 14 pound cat has inflicted some pretty nasty damage to me over the years and she doesn't even have front claws. She likes to sit in my lap and sometimes, while sitting in my lap, something scares her and she does a burnout on my lap, those rear claws, scratching me pretty damned nice, so nice that I bleed. I am over 150 pounds heavier than her and taller than her, but that means nothing, because her claws can still do damage to me. Hurts like a mother fucker and causes me to drop her and throw her off of me. Now, I could grab this cat and strangle it, throw it, bash it, take it to the toilet and drown it, but she's going to put up a nasty fight the entire time, squirming, kicking, clawing, possibly biting and doing all she can to cause me to drop her. In end, I may triumph and best her, but I am going to take damage in the process.

I'm going to leave you with this video here, so that you can see for yourself that size isn't everything and that nothing is truly 100% guaranteed.

Anyhow, I am done with this thread for the night.

Sustaining injuries isn't the same as losing a fight. As should be clear to anyone who is aware of the premise of this subforum.

In other words: so what if your cat scratched you? Were you in danger of death at ANY point?
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Mar 12 2014, 10:53 AM
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Mar 10 2014, 12:14 AM
Are you guys serious? This isn't a mismatch, jesus christ.
Yes it is. More than half the people here can kill a wolverine.
lol lol Are you kidding?
No. The majority of people here are grown men. You could throw, slam,stomp, kick, punt, punch, choke,break bones and necks. Imo the human wins.
Technically, yes, you could do all those things you've listed. However, the average angry wolverine is not going to allow that to happen without putting up a fight of its own. As I have stated, most people cannot just hurl a wiggling, biting, clawing 50 pound object. If you can, please post a video of this. Any other form of attack, is likely to be met with those teeth and claws. As for breaking bones, that takes some serious force and most people, do not possess that ability. As for choking a wolverine, a wolverine's neck is pretty damn thick, no good grab points and as I have stated, the wolverine, a flexible mustelid, is likely to fight back by twisting itself and biting you.

You're really not giving the animal any credit when this animal is quite well armed to defend itself.

A human's size is not a true advantage. My 14 pound cat has inflicted some pretty nasty damage to me over the years and she doesn't even have front claws. She likes to sit in my lap and sometimes, while sitting in my lap, something scares her and she does a burnout on my lap, those rear claws, scratching me pretty damned nice, so nice that I bleed. I am over 150 pounds heavier than her and taller than her, but that means nothing, because her claws can still do damage to me. Hurts like a mother fucker and causes me to drop her and throw her off of me. Now, I could grab this cat and strangle it, throw it, bash it, take it to the toilet and drown it, but she's going to put up a nasty fight the entire time, squirming, kicking, clawing, possibly biting and doing all she can to cause me to drop her. In end, I may triumph and best her, but I am going to take damage in the process.

I'm going to leave you with this video here, so that you can see for yourself that size isn't everything and that nothing is truly 100% guaranteed.

Anyhow, I am done with this thread for the night.

Sustaining injuries isn't the same as losing a fight. As should be clear to anyone who is aware of the premise of this subforum.

In other words: so what if your cat scratched you? Were you in danger of death at ANY point?
If the cat had sunk its teeth or claws into the right area, ex. my testicles, my eyes, yeah, it could have done a lot more damage. Is a 14 lb cat likely to kill me? No. Can it do harm? Yes. And that, is the point. People are coming into these threads and instantly discrediting any animal that is smaller than the other, when they should be looking at one, how the animal fights and two, what the animal is armed with.

If a 14 lb cat with tiny claws is capable of making a human bleed and biting the nuts of a human, it stands to reason, that a larger carnivore with bigger claws and greater jaw strength is capable of doing a lot more damage. Thus, a 100% guaranteed victory to the human, is unlikely. The wolverine is much more likely to make you bleed than you are it.
Edited by GuloLuscus, Mar 12 2014, 08:20 PM.
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I think this have already been posted here, the account of an old man killing a bobcat:


One can argue that a Wolverine is more dangerous than a bobcat and I may agree, but there is no denying that an adult man can kill these small sized carnivores.

@Marek, no wolverine has ever killed a polar bear, that account was absolutely unreliable, and I'm pretty sure the same apply for wolves too, at least adults.

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Mar 12 2014, 08:27 PM
I think this have already been posted here, the account of an old man killing a bobcat:


One can argue that a Wolverine is more dangerous than a bobcat and I may agree, but there is no denying that an adult man can kill these small sized carnivores.

@Marek, no wolverine has ever killed a polar bear, that account was absolutely unreliable, and I'm pretty sure the same apply for wolves too, at least adults.

Great video and yes, there are certainly men who could probably kill a wolverine bare handed. However, there are strong-men and soldiers, and then there are skinny, weak computer nerds. How many 150-160 pound computer nerds, those who probably have never fought anyone/thing in their lives, do you think are capable of killing a wolverine with their bare hands?
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Mar 12 2014, 08:27 PM
I think this have already been posted here, the account of an old man killing a bobcat:


One can argue that a Wolverine is more dangerous than a bobcat and I may agree, but there is no denying that an adult man can kill these small sized carnivores.

@Marek, no wolverine has ever killed a polar bear, that account was absolutely unreliable, and I'm pretty sure the same apply for wolves too, at least adults.

Also, it was already stated my Marek, that this is an animal that is born ready to fight. Animals fight for their food and survival, whereas most human beings do not know the first thing about fighting even other humans.
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Mar 12 2014, 08:27 PM
I think this have already been posted here, the account of an old man killing a bobcat:


One can argue that a Wolverine is more dangerous than a bobcat and I may agree, but there is no denying that an adult man can kill these small sized carnivores.

@Marek, no wolverine has ever killed a polar bear, that account was absolutely unreliable, and I'm pretty sure the same apply for wolves too, at least adults.

I do not know that the case was unreliable; it sounds far-fetched, but I can believe that a wolverine has reigned victorious at least once during the countless such interactions that have ever occurred. In any case, given that the average door width in the USA is a little less than three feet, that bobcat looks as though it might have been about 1.5 feet (about half a meter), in which case it would have weighed less than 20 pounds, and even then it fucked him up pretty good. I am unimpressed. Imagine what a wolverine of twice the length and over triple the weight could do? Perhaps murder? It has also been pointed out that this is not a standard human; he is a war veteran.

Your examples are also subject to selection bias; how many accounts are there of humans having killed Carnivorans bare-handed? Granted, the lack may be due to the fact that humans are predisposed to relying on weaponry, but it is an incredible lack nonetheless. The opposite scenario, of Carnivorans having killed humans, has undoubtedly taken place significantly more often.
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It has also been pointed out that this is not a standard human; he is a war veteran.

Your examples are also subject to selection bias; how many accounts are there of humans having killed Carnivorans bare-handed? Granted, the lack may be due to the fact that humans are predisposed to relying on weaponry, but it is an incredible lack nonetheless. The opposite scenario, of Carnivorans having killed humans, has undoubtedly taken place significantly more often.
Your first argument is very valid, it is obvious that that was the type of man which doesn't give a fuck about being scratched while is strangling a small critter like a bobcat. On the other hand, he is still old and out of shape. Also, while is true that he may not be a good rapresentative of the ordinary human, the fat american or computer nerd we have in mind isn't a decent rapresentative either. Think about the fact that the population living in slums (bidonvilles, favelas) was estimated in 2010 to be around 1 billion and half, don't you think that a person which lives in such a dangerous and violent place would be able to ignore scratching for the minute needed to strangle or hit a 15 kg animal to death?

And I'm unsure about how much my selection is biased: do you know of many accounts of 15 kg carnivorans killing adult, not too old people? In that case my opinion on this match may change.

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As I have supported in every man vs ... thread, this all comes down to the man's aggression. If a much larger animal or human is just going to sit there and take punishment and has no desire to fight back, of course size doesn't matter. It goes without saying that you have to fight to win a fight! So we have have to stop using examples of dogs that randomly attacked someone who almost surely wasn't ready or willing to fight. If a healthy, somewhat fit man decides "I'm killing this small animal - I will not let this little thing kill me" the man will win in almost every case. Size may not trump everything, but it sure as hell is highly correlated with winning any physical confrontation if both both animals truly want to fight. How could it not be? Weapons like claws and teeth obviously have a great impact too. But long, dexterous arms and legs are serious weapons, as are knowing techniques like strangling, joint manipulation, eye gouging etc. It's pretty simple, if the man really WANTS to kill just about any animal that is only 1/3 of his weight, he will in the vast majority of cases.
Edited by bpg4980, Mar 14 2014, 08:05 AM.
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It has also been pointed out that this is not a standard human; he is a war veteran.

Your examples are also subject to selection bias; how many accounts are there of humans having killed Carnivorans bare-handed? Granted, the lack may be due to the fact that humans are predisposed to relying on weaponry, but it is an incredible lack nonetheless. The opposite scenario, of Carnivorans having killed humans, has undoubtedly taken place significantly more often.
Your first argument is very valid, it is obvious that that was the type of man which doesn't give a fuck about being scratched while is strangling a small critter like a bobcat. On the other hand, he is still old and out of shape. Also, while is true that he may not be a good rapresentative of the ordinary human, the fat american or computer nerd we have in mind isn't a decent rapresentative either. Think about the fact that the population living in slums (bidonvilles, favelas) was estimated in 2010 to be around 1 billion and half, don't you think that a person which lives in such a dangerous and violent place would be able to ignore scratching for the minute needed to strangle or hit a 15 kg animal to death?

And I'm unsure about how much my selection is biased: do you know of many accounts of 15 kg carnivorans killing adult, not too old people? In that case my opinion on this match may change.

Wolverines tend to way closer to 25 kg. It is difficult to lift 50 pounds and hold it out in front of you when the weight in question is inanimate; try doing so with a mass trying to claw your face off. You would have to raise it quite far from your face, and even then you would suffer scratches to your arms (wolverines have fairly sizable claws, as the super human version can attest to). Here is some photographic reference to that fact:
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They also have very vicious carnassials, tantamount to those of thylacoleo. I am not aware of whether or not wolverine skulls have been posted here, but I will chance repetition:
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The carnassials I mentioned are used to crush bone, and are only a few inches into the mouth. A target as thin as a calf or arm would easily be pinned under those teeth, and the pain that would result is indescribable. Without more or less immediate intervention, they would literally crush bone. The wolverine also has a fairly stout neck; it is hardly visible with their fur coat intact, and even without a cover of fur it is very thick and muscular. They can drag carcasses of animals weighing over 300 kg easily, and I imagine it would be difficult to choke them, seeing as that is easily the most practical method. I also do not know how one would go about initiating the maneuver; you would have to catch them, position your hands around their neck, and as I've pointed out earlier, hold them out in front of you while they wriggle fervently. I just don't see how it could be done. On the other hand, wolverines can claw and bite at legs, jump as high as your neck, move with decent speed and dexterity, and have canines as big as a pocketknife blade. After the human has had a few sections of skin ripped off and a small number of ligaments torn to the bone, I imagine the wolverine will not let him sit down with ease. A bite to any part of the neck with finish him, and the wolverine will be unaffected, save a distended stomach.
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Mar 14 2014, 03:12 PM
Wolverines tend to way closer to 25 kg.
Wolverines tend to be well under 25kgs:
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How much does a wolverine weigh?

There is sexual dimorphism in the wolverine, with a typical adult female weighing 8-10 kg (17.6-22 lbs.) and adult male 12-14 kg (26.4-30.8 lbs.).We are not aware of a documented weight of a wild adult in excess of 20.5 kg (45 lbs.). The largest individual (male) that we are aware of weighed 25 kg (55 lbs.) and was born and raised in captivity.


http://wolverinefoundation.org/resources/faqs#10
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