Our Mascot is in Peril
The National Center for Atmospheric Research recently released a study indicating that climate change could wipe out the wolverine from the lower 48 states within our lifetimes.
http://www2.ucar.edu/news/3783/wolverine-population-threatened-climate-change
http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/defenders_magazine/spring_2010/wolverines_in_a_warming_world.php
The Michigan Gulo Gulos!
February 18th, 2011 at 5:08 PM ^
I thought Lloyd Brady was in trouble. Sorry to hear that global warming is affecting Wolverines.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:15 PM ^
"Save Lloyd Brady Fund". We all can donate to the cause so Lloyd can buy some bud light. It is imperative that we act now before its too late.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:27 PM ^
Not that he needs it (as far as I know), but I couldn't resist...
February 19th, 2011 at 12:22 AM ^
I hear a new hair-do runs like 50 G's.
February 19th, 2011 at 1:07 AM ^
I meant, are you in here for drugs?
February 18th, 2011 at 5:52 PM ^
I don't know Lloyd, but I can confidently say that he would like this idea.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:18 PM ^
I blame the following for global warming and in no particular order. BP, Free Press, Oprah, Jim Rome, Gerg, Cam Newton and Bob Barker.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:22 PM ^
You forgot Jon Navarre.
February 19th, 2011 at 5:02 AM ^
Wow. The article about aliens observing missed field goals is hilarious. It would also be hilarious to make the students during the 2002 season suffer through the 2010 season so they can see what missing field goals is actually all about.
February 18th, 2011 at 6:32 PM ^
You can add that flaming gasbag Dick Vitale to the list.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:20 PM ^
Otherwise, I'm not much convinced by climate change modeling.
February 18th, 2011 at 7:58 PM ^
To see who would be first to drop that. Props, sir, props.
Pop quiz to the board: without teh google, does anyone know what the worlds largest producer of co2 is? (side note; the word is doesn't seem right at the end of that sentence)
February 18th, 2011 at 8:25 PM ^
cows?
February 18th, 2011 at 10:09 PM ^
Ocean
We're certainly polluting the hell out of our environment, and somewhat contributing to climate change, but it's massively overblown. I'm cereal.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:20 PM ^
Anyone near Columbus, OH interested in starting a Wolverine preserve? If we can recruit in their backyard, we can eat them in their own backyard too, right?
February 18th, 2011 at 6:11 PM ^
Wait... are we eating wolverines, are wolverines eating buckeyes, or are we eating buckeyes?
Antecedents, man. Antecedents.
February 18th, 2011 at 7:44 PM ^
I was typing with my daughter tugging on me insisting that we play Nickelodeon Fit on the Wii.
We should have the wolverines eat buckeyes.......the problem is teaching them to use the damn nutcracker.
February 18th, 2011 at 8:50 PM ^
Or the fact that eating Buckeye nuts makes you die.
February 18th, 2011 at 11:45 PM ^
"The tree species Aesculus glabra is commonly known as Ohio buckeye, American buckeye, or fetid buckeye. It derives its unflattering common name from the disagreeable odor generated from the flowers, crushed leaves, broken twigs, or bruised bark.
The fruits contain tannic acid, and are poisonous for cattle, and possibly humans.[2] Native Americans wouldblanch them, extracting the tannic acid for use in leather."
February 18th, 2011 at 5:39 PM ^
If it is any consolation, rumor has it that climate change is also eliminating the buckeye from the worst state ever. That' the good news. The bad news is that the damned nut may thrive in Michigan's colder climate.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:44 PM ^
Well I have spent quite a bit of time researching wolverines. They have lived through much warmer times than the current age (relatively cool). Mainly a threat to them in the lower 48 is habitat fragmentation and winter recreation. They need secluded areas in the winter without heli-skiing and snowmobiles.
Overall though I do not expect them to go extinct in the lower 48.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:45 PM ^
So what you're saying is that driving aroudn these big Detroit -manufactured SUVs might be harming state animal? No way man!
I prefer they focus on solving the main problem: getting more wolverines together so they can mate and reproduce. We can rebuild them. We have the technology.
February 18th, 2011 at 5:54 PM ^
Mainly in the warm-weather months:
I prefer they focus on solving the main problem: getting more wolverines together so they can mate and reproduce.
February 18th, 2011 at 6:03 PM ^
Wolverines should have an office party. Never fails.
February 18th, 2011 at 6:04 PM ^
This would be a good place, I think......I can even see the sign during mating season - "Wolverine Orgy - Sponsored By MGoBlog"
February 18th, 2011 at 6:56 PM ^
Because the big 3 are the only ones building large SUVs.
And because consumer automobiles constitute so much of the total CO2 emitted.
February 18th, 2011 at 7:31 PM ^
Was that sarcasm? The Big 3 are the only ones buidling large SUV's?
February 18th, 2011 at 7:42 PM ^
That Benz on the bottom is a crime against German engineering. Nice aerodynamics.
February 19th, 2011 at 2:05 AM ^
They don't like being too close together though...
February 18th, 2011 at 5:48 PM ^
Related:
This is a pretty cool doc on wolverines (and its streaming):
http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Nature-Wolverine-Chasing-the-Phantom/70155…
February 18th, 2011 at 6:50 PM ^
That is an awesome doc. Everyone check it out. The guy who raises them in captivity as pets would likely get a preferred walk-on spot from Coach Hoke just on balls alone. If he could swing the out of state tuition for a year.
February 18th, 2011 at 6:15 PM ^
In other news, Michigan does not have a "mascot" but thanks.
February 18th, 2011 at 6:38 PM ^
Global warming is a myth, just like Spary's belief they will remain relevant in college football.
February 18th, 2011 at 7:50 PM ^
Among the best things about M: no silly dancing mascot.
February 18th, 2011 at 11:18 PM ^
There are only about a dozen times a year when I say a silent thank you for all of the mascot problems that we don't have. You can fill in the blanks perhaps better than I can:
- "Mascot slugged by opposing mascot..."
- "Mascot slugs opposing mascot..."
- "Mascot found to have never registered for school..."
- "Mascot found with child porn..."
- "Mascot's ridicule insults opposing player saying prayer..."
- "Mascot head and costume stolen by rival..."
- "Mascot auditions subjected to civil rights/gayrights/womens rights complaint..."
- "Mascot arrested in FBI sting..."
- "Mascot from 1974 found dead in alley..."
The funny thing here in Michigan is that multiple Sparty-actors have done almost nothing to get into trouble; instead, the actual scholarship athletes in East Lansing do that.