OT: Airing tonight on PBS: "Wolverine: Chasing the Phantom"
For you nature lovers... a fascinating look at our animal namesakes, tonight on Nature. 8pm ET (EDIT: may vary depending on your local affiliate)
Not sure if they'll explore the ski-jumping variety. "For Fiiiiiiiiijjjjjjjjjjiiiiii!!!!"*
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/wolverine-chasing-the-phantom/introduction/5759/
* to appreciate the reference, please see http://mgoblog.com/content/ten-most-embarrassing-michigan-items-you-can-own
October 17th, 2012 at 8:07 PM ^
I look at myself as a human Wolverine. Not only a Michigan fan but I have characteristics of one. Sleep in the cold, territorial, don't like kids on my territory (GET OFF MY LAWN!!!1)
October 17th, 2012 at 8:08 PM ^
/s
//staee
October 17th, 2012 at 8:15 PM ^
October 17th, 2012 at 8:26 PM ^
Michigan State's mascot was based off of the cast from In The Heat Of The Night, which took place in the fictionalized town of Sparta, MS. The show ran on NBC from 1988 to 1992. Four years is about how long Dantonio's run is going to last as well. With MSU returning to the middle of the pack in the B1G , things are finally returning to normal around here.
(Yes, I AM very bored right now...)
October 17th, 2012 at 8:31 PM ^
apparently, even the /s is ineffective during lil bro week.
October 18th, 2012 at 12:03 AM ^
That /s can be a little tricky... I must admit, I took NFG's bait. This comment was just so plausible from some inbred to the north.
October 17th, 2012 at 8:11 PM ^
It's a great documentary.
October 17th, 2012 at 8:49 PM ^
I agree. I caught it when it first came out a few years ago, and I really learned a lot about the animal.
October 18th, 2012 at 9:14 AM ^
I agree. I think I actually yelled "That is SO BADASS" several times at the TV.
October 17th, 2012 at 8:14 PM ^
Argh...
October 17th, 2012 at 8:15 PM ^
I hope it explains how Wallace the Wolverine learned to ski, and if this behavior is common amongst modern wolverines . . . .
October 17th, 2012 at 8:20 PM ^
October 18th, 2012 at 8:54 AM ^
Actually, most of the younger Wolverines prefer snow boarding over skiing.
October 17th, 2012 at 8:20 PM ^
October 17th, 2012 at 8:26 PM ^
maybe it's nature time tonight.
October 17th, 2012 at 9:06 PM ^
Baby wolverines = heart melted.
October 17th, 2012 at 10:20 PM ^
Michigan is a swing state, Romney wants to cut PBS, and then they put on a documentary on wolverines. Coincidence? I don't think so Obama.
/s
October 17th, 2012 at 10:41 PM ^
October 17th, 2012 at 10:46 PM ^
The guy that keeps them as pets has some serious brass.
October 17th, 2012 at 10:53 PM ^
especially after they showed that frozen moose having it's bones crunched by the male they were tracking. I mean, if one of them was having a bad day and decided to snap at the guy...
October 17th, 2012 at 11:52 PM ^
He was playing with two of them like they were golden retriever puppies or something.
October 17th, 2012 at 10:47 PM ^
October 17th, 2012 at 10:56 PM ^
that's because they keep fit using NordicTrac.
October 17th, 2012 at 11:58 PM ^
If you missed it (@UAUM, for example), you can check it out here:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/wolverine-chasing-the-phantom/full-episode/6078/
PBS leaves full episodes up for 30 days.
October 18th, 2012 at 7:03 AM ^
October 18th, 2012 at 8:35 AM ^
If you want to see wolverines up close, the Thompson Park Zoo in Watertown, NY is a great place. They have two, a male and a female. Best time to see them is in the morning (10 am when the zoo opens) in cold weather. They are pretty awesome. My daughter and I have spent a lot of time watching them play fight, climb, swim, dig, eat, and lope-run. Also, when I say see them up close, I mean it. At various points around the enclosure, you can reach through the chain link fence and touch them if they're there (and they will come up to see you fairly often), though of course you should not. Please don't do that. I can't believe the zoo can get away with having such an up-close encounter, actually, but I guess it's a small town thing.
October 18th, 2012 at 12:15 PM ^
How does this get downvoted? I'll never understand people, which is probably why I got a "D" in Psych 101 (either that or because I didn't study).
October 18th, 2012 at 1:41 PM ^
"If wolverines have a strategy, it is go hard and high and steep and never back down, not even from a grizzly and least of all from a mountain. Climb everything - trees, cliffs, avalanche chutes, summits. Eat everybody - alive, dead, long dead; a still warm heart or frozen bones. I will never really know what it's like to be one of these hunter-scavengers, but I've learned a little more about courage and a lot more about what 'wild' means just from being on the wolverine's trail."
- Doug Chadwick, wolverine researcher
October 18th, 2012 at 2:09 PM ^
Thanks for sharing! My parents saw two this past summer in Glacier Nat'l Park. I've just missed seeing one out there the past few springs.