OT: Wolverine fends off attack from 2 Wolves
I was kind of hoping it would hurdle one of the wolves.
One of the wolves later complained that it was pretty cold out and they were recovering from the flu.
that is so unfair to the wolves. didn't you see the snow? how could they compete in that weather?
Just last November a pack of wolverines demolished a bunch of nuts from Ohio… it was a sight to behold
two wolves. two posts. oops.
would not mess with this guy either
How is this off topic
Solve your problems with aggression.
The Wolverine was playing chess and the wolves were playing checkers. Pretty cool to watch him attack and separate the wolves.
In the end, the wolves just split apart and let the Wolverine score a TD.
I think you meant to say that the wolverine let the wolves walk away
Maybe it just didn't want to be tagged with the name "Murderwolf" afterwards.
This might be the same wolverine. I think it has some issues with dogs...
Very kind of the wolverine to not kill 2 wolves. The wolves wanted blood, the wolverine wanted to play.
I wish the athletic department would use Wolverines more. I don't know how, but I just wish I would hear and see Wolverines more. BUT NO MASCOT!! NEVER A MASCOT!!!!
They used to have a mascot - an actual wolverine - back in the day. But it kept trying to eat its handlers...
Two of them I think. Bennie and something else with a B. The one was eating through the bars on its cage and they had to donate them to the zoo.
I know many are going to post sarcastic comments on this video, but I will post something a little deeper.
No matter what some people say, wolves do not hunt or fight without a reason to survive This is why wolves use a 'scripted' plan when hunting, and in this video they are using a scripted plan to fight competition; kind of looks like they are playing with the wolverine.
If the wolves truly wanted to, they could pounce on the wolverine from each side, and with the strength of each wolves' jaw the wolverine would be dead within minutes. However; the wolves are not using just strength to eliminate their competition, they are using intelligence to make sure they chase off the wolverine without getting hurt in the process.
I love watching nature and nature's voices take it's course.
My first thought was that they were “playing” as well. They never really make any serious attempt to attack the wolverine
Nonsense. A wolverine can crush a wolf, singular, as this article notes:
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/wolverine-vs-wolf-who-would-win-in-a-fight/
A wolf pack? Advantage, wolves.
Your real life name is Buzz Killington, isn't it...
Mostly agreed and I'm sure the wolves could kill the wolverine if they really wanted to, but the chances of extreme injury or death to one of the wolves would be extremely high.
Wolves don't fight without purpose but there's an awful lot of proverbial "dick-waving" in nature, the vast majority of which end with one side backing down. It's the safest way nature resolves disputes.
As you say, if the wolves were hunting they'd flank the wolverine, but they both kept charging head-on instead. I'm not an expert but it looked to me like neither hunting nor playing -- it looked like a show of force. Animals generally try to look as big as possible when threatening or feeling threatened; the wolves did that by charging side-by-side. I guess the wolverine entered their territory so they tried to scare it off. The wolverine wasn't intimidated in the least, so the wolves decided to let it in.
Long story short, the wolves wanted the wolverine to take the long way around without putting themselves at risk, and wolverine basically won by going, "Bring it -- I'll take you both."
The wolverine went on to eat 42 buckeyes, but that was filmed on a different camera.
Was telling my wife that those things were supposed to be extinct for a while, like the Michigan football team. Do not underestimate a motherf*cking wolverine!
+1 What a skilled and fearless fighting machine!
I had already posted the same video here:
https://mgoblog.com/comment/244526214#comment-244526214
...at the tail end of yesterday's thread about the very respectful wolverine paying a visit to a cemetery (although by the time I posted it there that thread had gotten pushed to the 2nd page and likely wasn't seen by many.)
Don't start none, won't be none.
Wolf around and find out.
This is cool and all but, in case you didn’t know, on November 27 2021, some Wolverines fended off some Buckeyes to the tune of 42-27. It was snowing that day too.
I guess the wolves are too young to remember the 1994 Hall of Fame bowl game.
+1 Deep cut.
Pretty common knowledge that only Chuck Norris can best a wolverine in the wild.
What about Michael Barrett?
I too think the wolves were just moving the wolverine out of the area where they were - but in the last frame another Wolverine shows up in the upper right corner so maybe the just decided that an even fight could get a bit hairy.
Dude, you're right. In the last few seconds another wolverine shows up. That's why those wolves were as skittish as CJ Stroud in the 4th quarter on Nov 27. Messing with Hutchinson while OJ-A-BO waits to charge.
Let's get out a schollie offer. Can always use that kind of will and toughness.