Wolverines Are Stealth Masters—But This One Was Caught On Camera
July 26, 2018 - This is a wolverine. Wolverines are elusive, solitary animals that need a lot of space to roam in high altitudes … which makes it difficult for scientists to observe them. In hopes of capturing footage of a wolverine ... biologists hung a deer carcass from a tree and set up a camera trap at the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. The wolverine looks like a bear but it’s actually a part of the weasel family. It's an opportunistic eater, feeding off the dead carcasses of big animals like deer and elk. It’s also a ferocious predator. Curiosity helps wolverines survive in a bleak and harsh landscape. Food is so scarce they check everything out, including the camera trap set up by scientists. And just like that, the wolverine makes like a snowball, and rolls off into the woods.
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This is a wolverine.
Wolverines are elusive, solitary animals that need a lot of space to roam in high altitudes …
which makes it difficult for scientists to observe them.
In hopes of capturing footage of a wolverine ...
biologists hung a deer carcass from a tree and set up a camera trap at the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.
The wolverine looks like a bear but it’s actually a part of the weasel family.
It's an opportunistic eater, feeding off the dead carcasses of big animals like deer and elk.
It’s also a ferocious predator.
Curiosity helps wolverines survive in a bleak and harsh landscape. Food is so scarce they check everything out, including the camera trap set up by scientists.
And just like that, the wolverine makes like a snowball, and rolls off into the woods.