We had a sighting of one in our village, in Pärnumaa, Estonia. It's south of Estonia and it took place last year. Thanks for the video, was great to learn more of them.
I've lived in both Norway and Sweden, and have had the pleasure of seeing a wolverine once. Norway has a habit of keeping unsustainably low numbers of all big predators within the region. The only reason both wolverines, wolves and lynx have not gone extinct in Norway yet is because migrants come in from Sweden, Finland and Russia. The entire Fennoscandian wolf population is severely inbred and unless something is done I fear we are going to loose them entirely.
Norway had the best wolf species, until recently. It was big, chunky, and handsome! But it wiped it out! Someone should have kept DNA samples, at least. They might have been brought back!
@@jollyjokress3852 there are a lot of us who hate what’s going on, but farmers especially keep crying about it and they end up getting what they want :/
@@Cr4b. they seem so much more advanced, the Scandinavians - especially swedish, danish and norwegians. But I think that how you treat the environment is a big measure of societal advancement. I learned by time that the reason why their nature is so pristine is because northern countries are not suitable for agriculture. When climate warms they will just do the same as other countries do: cut eerything down and shoo aways all other animals .
Great video Tom! There’s a lot research condensed into this one that shows the complexities of the situation. Great to shed light on the current state of such an elusive creature.
While researching this it hit me how backwards the general European view of nature was in the 18th century. Basically anything that wasn't eaten was listed as a harmful species in that old Finnish legislation, ranging from Grey Wolves to House Sparrows (listed as harmful for "garden damage") Glad we've progressed way past that, but we're still dealing with the consequences!
The views of the time matched the problems and perceptions of the time I suppose. Long before our awareness that nature is not infinite. Still very happy we have come this far :) - Cheers, Duarte
I guess a lot of it has to do with the fact that people were trying to survive and saw any competition as a threat. Thankfully, we are starting to understand more and are in a position to coexist more.
It is surprising to see the unscrupulousness of the Europeans in their narcissistic view of nature especially when compared to the other civilizations like India.The greedy Europeans disrupted the flora and fauna of the entire world over the past three hundred years or so and have caused insurmountable damage.
You have to see in perspective , back then , the maintenance of a handful of livestock could make the difference between life and death for your family.
@@maythesciencebewithyou People cannot accept the fact that humans are the problem. Simply population size is the issue, irrelevant of the fact if we switch to environmentally better energy sources.
But there’s a problem we can’t save all endangered species so do we save the most known or save the ones that do more to help other species like mangroves other than pandas 🐼 so who Should we save we want to save them all but we can’t sadly
Thanks to people like u nature still is and will thrive in the future. I’m and lots of people that see this video will be truly grateful for the work you do to preserve our wildlife worldwide.
Such cool animals, from a distance anyway (!), and always really interesting and important to explore the complexity in the human & animal interaction, particularly when livelihoods are involved
It seems that with the wolverine some form of a balance has been found which is nice to see. They will never fully return to their previous range but that is simply the new reality.. - Cheers, Duarte
Wolverines are HUGELY overrated because of the internet. Same applies to honey badgers. Back in 2009, had a Russian friend whose dog killed a wolverine while we were working in front of the farm, before his dad could even see what was happening in the back yard. Granted his dog (don't know the breed name, huge grey dog, looks like a bear) weighs more than me but still, I feel like any larger dog could do the same, after seeing how fast the wolverine got sent to the other world. Not that impressive. And we didn't even know what the animal was before friends dad told us.
@@pendlera2959 what? i was just saying how i recently learned that people on the internet think wolverines and badgers can take on god himself - but thats the polar opposite of what they are like... they are fierce and fearless only when the animal is scared of their stupidity but when they run into an animal that just doesn't give a shit and will attack them if they continue being aggressive, then they are nothing more but oversized rats with claws
I'm from Scandinavia and do know a lot about wildlife, but I seriously had no idea until recently that there were wolverines in North America. I thought they were an exclusively Eurasian animal, since I knew there were upwards of 700 of them in Sweden, but I've never heard of an American mentioning them.
they came to North America thousands of years ago like many other animals like Bears Mammoths etc. by the land isthmus that once connected Asia and Alaska
Thank you very much for taking the time to do this. I had no idea how dire the situation is. We really need to educate people about how precious these animals are and how the money you get from your livestock can no way compare with the value of having this animal in our ecosystem. The animal is good for their livestock overal as it helps keep the ecosystem healthy and if these ignorant hunters and herders would understand that then the world could be a better place. I pray that our creator will bless all ignorant people to be wise.
I live in California, one time I saw a wolverine up in Mammoth. What's odd about that is the fact that there isn't supposed to be any wolverines in Califonia, so it probably migrated a long way here. I just wish I hadn't been so young so I could've gotten a better look at it. It was digging through trash cans.
Wolverine is called 'veelvraat' in Dutch/Flemish, which loosely translates to 'Eats Everything' or 'Eats More Than He Needs' I love that name. It says a lot about how the Belgians and Dutch thought about the animal when giving out names..
@@islanoliveira, oh yes! Didn't think of that. I thought they should've named something like _"k!lls more than it e@ts"_ because, in the video, it says how the reindeer herders m!$judge them by the way they leave a lot of the m€@t for later use/s¢@v€ng!ng.
there have been couple unofficial sightings of wolverines in Latvia in last years. Wildlife is coming back strong as less and less people live in countryside here and one farmer can operate very large territories due to modern equipment. wolf and bear populations are coming back so strong that even some people are concerned and my grandmother say that I can't go in forests anymore xD
Definitely wouldn't mind a couple thousand Hugh Jackmans running around in the Scandinavian forests, but the furry animals would be cool as well of course ;)
it would require farmers and herders change their lifestyle and they wont , they want the easy way of animal keep since it gives them money and hunter.. they loose thier fun when there are less game when they have paid $ for a spot in the wood to kill some animal to eat in the winter..cries for them so unfair
I was following a stream through a wood in Weardale, Co Durham England when a deer jumped to its feet three meters in front of me but did not run away. We were stood there staring at each other for a few moments when a foal staggered to its feet, I did not want to disturb them and started walking around them when Wolverine ran away and in to the stream where it made slow progress moving around the large stones that were in its path. I was able to observe the animal for a few minuets as I followed. It was very clumsy and its actions were similar to a bear. I googled Wolverines in Weardale and found there were a few sightings nearby and an article in the Northern Echo
As a Norwegian I’ve never heard of wolverines being near extinction here. Wolves perhaps, as they all (farmers) want them dead, so the population is kept super small, but not wolverines. They are as normal here as bears.
@MarcT That's the case for most of Europe. Many countries have slaughtered their wolves and bears throughout time. Both which are quite harmless to humans
@MarcT The Netherlands also introduced them a few years earlier, if holland habits more Wolves than Sweden than the Swedes should really be ashamed hahaha
@MarcT Yeh as soon as they came the farmers began protesting against it. Can't blame them but for some areas wolfs could be useful. Like at the Veluwe or Flevo Polder. There maybe the farmers could put some walls for protection. The land is already very organized it shouldn't be that big of a deal
It's always so interesting hearing about maybe predators bouncing back. I had no idea wolverines were even present in Europe... I assume at one point they must have been in the UK too?
"Hunting for food, they act much like foxes" footage of a wolverine doing a barrel roll dodge and taking down a reindeer. "Well shit, didn't know foxes did that as well"
I live in Sweden and I remember going to a natural science museum and reading a panel that there were only about 150 wolverines in Sweden. Google now says that there are 637, ao glad to hear about them returning!
Hi Mossy Earth. I was wondering if I could have advice. I grew up as a high achieving student and felt pressured into a dentistry degree, but have since left and have an opportunity to exchange to another course. My true passion is ecology, rewinding and nature. My uni offers biological sciences and geography but both have opportunities to specialise into ecology. I enjoy both subjects, so I am very conflicted. As ecologists yourselves, do you have advice on which would give me the best chance in the world of conservation? :)
You forgot to mention that one of the biggest reasons why Wolverines have such a dark reputation is mainly that they are said to be fearless hunters that also attack much larger prey, sometimes even bears.
I mean that's almost their exact wording from 1:36 on: "bloodthirsty killers that kill more that they can eat". With the later explanation that even though they don't eat a reindeer in one sitting they come back to their catch in the following days.
I met one in Estonia. Four years ago. They are wonderful creatures. And they don't respect borders. I was told they roam the forests from Estonia and Latvia eastwards through Belarus and into Russia.
@@EinarOfBC you have a norse name, cool. Einar means "army of one", or "those who fight alone". Einar=Einherjar - warriors who die in battle and taken to valhalla by the valkyries. greetings from norway.
Wolverines are fascinating and good documentaries on them are hard to find. Years ago, I watched a doc where they tagged a male wolverine, and they were astounded at the sheer magnitude of their range ( this ones was 120miles) He fathered two litters of kits, and helped in the rearing of both! I cant remember the name but it Aired on PBS.
I love these animals and the entire family of the Mustelids. Weasels, badgers, otters, mink, Fisher's, Sable's, stoats, Marten's, ferret's, Wolverine's. (I love these types of crazy creatures)
Actually, Mustelidae is restricted to only the weasels, ferrets, and minks, while the skunks, stink badgers, badgers, otters, zorillas, muishund, shulang, huro, grisons, wolverine, tayra, martens, and fisher do not belong here anymore, they are all relocated to four separate families, which are Mephitidae, Melidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae respectively, while the latter three of these families are grouped with Mustelidae into the superfamily Musteloidea, Mephitidae is not in this superfamily and evolved independently, Mephitidae instead belongs to a whole different superfamily, which is the superfamily Procyonoidea, meaning skunks and stink badgers are actually more closely related to the raccoons, ringtail, cacomistle, coatis, olingos, olinguito, kinkajou, and red panda than they are to the weasels, ferrets, minks, badgers, otters, zorillas, muishund, shulang, huro, grisons, wolverine, tayra, martens, and fisher.
I have actually seen one IRL, it crossed the road as I was driving south from the Norway/Sweden/Finland joining point at around 2 am (summer obviously with daylight then). A rare sight indeed! The reindeer herding lands are most of the norther half of Sweden and there are not a lot of police around in what is more or less wilderness. Any wolverine (of wolf) that is seen by the herders probably runs a high risk of getting shot, regaradless of official protection status.
Which is quite easy to understand. Free ranging livestock and big carnivores will never work good together. Killing all the big carnivores they could was always one requirement to be able to have reindeers. What changed was that guns and vehicles was introduced and the killing got more and more "efficient". The only way to have more wolverines in that area is to decrease reindeers or find a way to make the wolverines not attack the reindeers (very hard). But we will always live in competition with the animals, no matter if its farming the land or hunting for food, so some management of the competition will always also be needed.
@@drosendahl Fair enough, I could understand it too if it were not for the fact that the government pays the reindeer herders for animals taken by carnivores and, as you say, the balance has tilted over towards the hunters with the advent of modern weapons and snowmobiles.
The first time I learned about this animal was when my mum’s best friend told us about her mother’s experience as an ethnic German who after WW2 had been sent to work in an internment camp in the coal mining town of Inta (near the very north of the Ural mountains in Russia). She said that it was the most dangerous animal in the tundra environment and if one ever did wrong by it or was simply disliked by it, the wolverine would tirelessly follow them for miles on end. Maybe it was a skewed view given to her on the account of the locals there but the fact that people look onto this animal with disdain is true.
Love Norway, beautiful country, but God damn it they really have issues with wildlife management. There's like 50 wolves in their countries, a ridiculous low number, but hunters and farmers are still bitching that this is too much. These people will not be satisfied until the species is driven to extinction.
Russia should be priority tbh, it has the most territory suitable for wolverines. It would for sure be controversial but are you planning on making a project in Russia? Not a Putin nor Russia fan but they do have impotant species and as much as species don't care about borders neither should ecology and re wilding
Wolverines are HUGELY overrated because of the internet. Same applies to honey badgers. Back in 2009, had a Russian friend whose dog killed a wolverine while we were working in front of the farm, before his dad could even see what was happening in the back yard. Granted his dog (don't know the breed name, huge grey dog, looks like a bear) weighs more than me but I feel like any larger dog could do the same, after seeing how fast the wolverine got sent to the other world. Not that impressive, not that dangerous...
Wolverines habitat is typicly mountainous areas, we have a project at my uni (Innlandet, Norway) where they found wolverines in the forrest, but that is not their typical habitat (when we look at the knowledge we have of the species now).
Thanks for the informative and interesting video. I'd love more videos on rare animal and plant species that need support to bounce back and spread again. Abundant species will spread on their own but rare ones need our support.
We are trying to find a balance between featuring keystone species and animals that are disappearing and no one cares about them. If you are curious on some creatures which are rare but need some support check out our expedition to a deserted island or maybe our videos about olms :) - Cheers, Duarte
In Finnish, wolverine's name 'Ahma', also means 'eats alot'/glutton in old Proto-Finnic. The name for wolves, 'Susi' also means a 'Dud'. The other word 'Hukka', also means 'Waste' (People occasionally use that word describing something going to waste or was used for things like doom). People do sort of romanticize wolves and such, and places where they live, they actually get a really bad reputation, for herders and farmers. Personally am glad that people are getting more informed about those animals being essential to our ecosystems.
One of Michigan’s state symbols is the Wolverine. Not just because of the University, but because Michigan soldiers were referred to “as fierce as a wolverine” during the American Civil War. The last confirmed sighting of a Wolverine in Michigan was in 2004. Before that, it was the early 19th century. Anything we can do to conserve them, and bring them back is a unbelievable step in the right direction. I want to live in a Michigan with Wolverines, not one without them.
Here in Germany, we call them "a lot feeders" (Vielfraße). People who eat a lot are sometimes still called Vielfraß, so I suppose we had those animals too in the past?
Its so good see how much his channel is growingh !! I subscribe to mossy earth 2 weeks ago and their have 5 thousand subscribers. Now, are more da 27 thousands. Its so good see that people are engaged and realize the importance of the conservation of the natural world.
Is there an iDeal payment option for the membership, because I would like to be a member but I do not have a credit card or any other except a bank card.
Wolverines are unique and formidable animals that deserve to be saved from extinction, as do all wild animals! I don't thing that we humans, who are happily destroying our environments and all forms of life on our beautiful planet, have the right to eliminate wild animals that they find to be inconvenient to their lives. Wild animals are as entitled to life as humans are, so let's save them instead of killing them for fun!!!!
Love your videos dude. Keep up the good work. Some suggestions for future videos: Pleistocene Park I'm Siberia, Taurus programme and auroch de-extinction, wolf comeback in Europe, and conservation programmes in islands (like rat eradication programs). Cheers.
They also played a significant role in Scotlands natural world too but was wiped out completely, I believe they should be reintroduced and protected just like I do with bears, wolves, Eurasian elk, and more and I hate the fact they are persecuted so much every inch of the world should protect every single species of wild predator from poachers and hunters both sport and food hunting hunters they should also be reintroduced into many other country’s that used to have them and to me farmers who kill them or any other predator species or poisoning or destroying nature should be faced with life in prison for ecocide and a crime that to me is akin to murder
I read that the wolverine disappeared from Scotland 10.000 yrs ago.. do you still think it is a good idea to reintroduce them? on the other hand, the musk oxen was reintroduced to Norway from Greenland 100 yrs ago- it disappeared from mainland Europe at the same time that the wolverine disappeared from Scotland.
@@bjrnjensen7074 I’m not sure raindeer are here and they disappeared the same time yet they were successful so why not reintroduce wolverines if there prays here why not let them come back
@@bjrnjensen7074 sarcasm not needed mate but I don't care about what the sheep farmers think they are a threat to nature always goes by silly misinformation made up by selfish people uses it as a rediculous excuse to comit ecocide when nature is so depleted mental health in Britain is so damaged by its destruction
Wolverines also used to be abundant in North America. They are still found in Canada and Alaska with occasional sighting in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
The wolverine family,mustalids,are a very intelligent and affectionate animal.From weasels,stoats,ferrets,polecats,otters,badgers to wolverines I kept ferrets for years and got to know and love them.thers videos of people playing with wolverines and honeybadgers and little mink lovely family don't kill them.
We had a sighting of one in our village, in Pärnumaa, Estonia. It's south of Estonia and it took place last year.
Thanks for the video, was great to learn more of them.
Supposedly, it also existed in the far northeastern corner of Poland (East Prussia in those days) up until a few centuries ago.
You seem to have some really good nature in Estonia, so plan to visit sometime.
Lucky you guys
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very cool! i hope we get more of em
You also have raccoon dogs? Those have spread from Russian pelt farms via Finland into northern Sweden
I've lived in both Norway and Sweden, and have had the pleasure of seeing a wolverine once. Norway has a habit of keeping unsustainably low numbers of all big predators within the region. The only reason both wolverines, wolves and lynx have not gone extinct in Norway yet is because migrants come in from Sweden, Finland and Russia. The entire Fennoscandian wolf population is severely inbred and unless something is done I fear we are going to loose them entirely.
Golden jackals, which are spreading through Europe might hybridise and genetically rescue those highly inbred populations.
It'd be cool.
Norway had the best wolf species, until recently. It was big, chunky, and handsome! But it wiped it out!
Someone should have kept DNA samples, at least. They might have been brought back!
Norwegians, i thought they are a good folk seems like they are not
@@jollyjokress3852 there are a lot of us who hate what’s going on, but farmers especially keep crying about it and they end up getting what they want :/
@@Cr4b. they seem so much more advanced, the Scandinavians - especially swedish, danish and norwegians. But I think that how you treat the environment is a big measure of societal advancement.
I learned by time that the reason why their nature is so pristine is because northern countries are not suitable for agriculture. When climate warms they will just do the same as other countries do: cut eerything down and shoo aways all other animals .
Thank you for making this video, it is a short video and packed with a lot of info. The editing is also phenemonal. Keep up this great work!
Thank you Maarten :) Really appreciate that! - Cheers, Duarte
Great video Tom! There’s a lot research condensed into this one that shows the complexities of the situation. Great to shed light on the current state of such an elusive creature.
While researching this it hit me how backwards the general European view of nature was in the 18th century. Basically anything that wasn't eaten was listed as a harmful species in that old Finnish legislation, ranging from Grey Wolves to House Sparrows (listed as harmful for "garden damage")
Glad we've progressed way past that, but we're still dealing with the consequences!
The views of the time matched the problems and perceptions of the time I suppose. Long before our awareness that nature is not infinite. Still very happy we have come this far :) - Cheers, Duarte
I guess a lot of it has to do with the fact that people were trying to survive and saw any competition as a threat. Thankfully, we are starting to understand more and are in a position to coexist more.
It is surprising to see the unscrupulousness of the Europeans in their narcissistic view of nature especially when compared to the other civilizations like India.The greedy Europeans disrupted the flora and fauna of the entire world over the past three hundred years or so and have caused insurmountable damage.
You have to see in perspective , back then , the maintenance of a handful of livestock could make the difference between life and death for your family.
Quite happy I don’t have to carry a firearm or worry about being being disembowled by a bear when walking home from town tho
It’s interesting to learn about such a mysterious and elusive creature! Must be incredible to see one in the wild. Well done Tom :)
It would be a dream to see one... at a distance :) - Cheers, Duarte
The fact that all numbers heard in the video about wolverine population are under 1k is terrifying
many people, often those who think the human population isn't large enough already, will tell you that there are too many wolverines
Wolverines are very elusive
@@maythesciencebewithyou People cannot accept the fact that humans are the problem. Simply population size is the issue, irrelevant of the fact if we switch to environmentally better energy sources.
Today I was in a Zoo and I realised how many animals are in danger.
So its nice to see that you can help animals in danger.
Ty for this Video
But there’s a problem we can’t save all endangered species so do we save the most known or save the ones that do more to help other species like mangroves other than pandas 🐼 so who Should we save we want to save them all but we can’t sadly
Thanks to people like u nature still is and will thrive in the future. I’m and lots of people that see this video will be truly grateful for the work you do to preserve our wildlife worldwide.
Such cool animals, from a distance anyway (!), and always really interesting and important to explore the complexity in the human & animal interaction, particularly when livelihoods are involved
It seems that with the wolverine some form of a balance has been found which is nice to see. They will never fully return to their previous range but that is simply the new reality.. - Cheers, Duarte
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Wolverines are HUGELY overrated because of the internet. Same applies to honey badgers. Back in 2009, had a Russian friend whose dog killed a wolverine while we were working in front of the farm, before his dad could even see what was happening in the back yard. Granted his dog (don't know the breed name, huge grey dog, looks like a bear) weighs more than me but still, I feel like any larger dog could do the same, after seeing how fast the wolverine got sent to the other world. Not that impressive. And we didn't even know what the animal was before friends dad told us.
@@nogerboher5266 It seems absurd to decide whether or not to let a species go extinct based on how "impressive" it is.
@@pendlera2959 what? i was just saying how i recently learned that people on the internet think wolverines and badgers can take on god himself - but thats the polar opposite of what they are like... they are fierce and fearless only when the animal is scared of their stupidity but when they run into an animal that just doesn't give a shit and will attack them if they continue being aggressive, then they are nothing more but oversized rats with claws
This presentation highlights the different kinds of dilemmas we are faced with. You can't come to any solution without discussing it first.
Every effort possible to protect this wonderful animal should be made.
Thanks Mossy Earth, very informative video about Wolverines. Would be great to see them in the wild one day !
I'm from Scandinavia and do know a lot about wildlife, but I seriously had no idea until recently that there were wolverines in North America. I thought they were an exclusively Eurasian animal, since I knew there were upwards of 700 of them in Sweden, but I've never heard of an American mentioning them.
@Conon the Binarian same
X-Men's Wolverine is Canadian!
they came to North America thousands of years ago like many other animals like Bears Mammoths etc. by the land isthmus that once connected Asia and Alaska
@@PUNKinDRUBLIC72 we are talking about the actual species mate not the character.
@ConontheBinarian me too! I love your user name btw!
Great content and presentation! Editing gets better and better, keep it up! 💪
Thanks!
Thank you very much for taking the time to do this.
I had no idea how dire the situation is.
We really need to educate people about how precious these animals are and how the money you get from your livestock can no way compare with the value of having this animal in our ecosystem. The animal is good for their livestock overal as it helps keep the ecosystem healthy and if these ignorant hunters and herders would understand that then the world could be a better place.
I pray that our creator will bless all ignorant people to be wise.
I met a wolverine at 2003 in Sarek nationalpark (valley of Njoatsosvagge), that´s one of my life most spiritual moments.
I live in California, one time I saw a wolverine up in Mammoth. What's odd about that is the fact that there isn't supposed to be any wolverines in Califonia, so it probably migrated a long way here. I just wish I hadn't been so young so I could've gotten a better look at it. It was digging through trash cans.
A fascinating insight into a creature I knew little about. Thanks for the video!
Cheers Matt! Tom did a great job with this one :)
Another great video, well thought out and researched . Good work 👍
Thank you DH really appreciate that :) - Cheers, Duarte
Wolverine is called 'veelvraat' in Dutch/Flemish, which loosely translates to 'Eats Everything' or 'Eats More Than He Needs' I love that name. It says a lot about how the Belgians and Dutch thought about the animal when giving out names..
Shouldn't it be more like _"k!lls more than it e@ts"?_
@@Lone-Lee Well, the translantion from "veelvraat" seems to match perfectly with their "gluto" name.
@@islanoliveira, oh yes! Didn't think of that.
I thought they should've named something like _"k!lls more than it e@ts"_ because, in the video, it says how the reindeer herders
m!$judge them by the way they leave a lot of the m€@t for later use/s¢@v€ng!ng.
Interesting. In Germany it is called "Vielfraß" which means " Eats a lot".
@@nicolediedrichsen3000 In Norway, we call it "jerv".
Another fantastic video
Thank you Edward! - Cheers, Duarte
there have been couple unofficial sightings of wolverines in Latvia in last years. Wildlife is coming back strong as less and less people live in countryside here and one farmer can operate very large territories due to modern equipment. wolf and bear populations are coming back so strong that even some people are concerned and my grandmother say that I can't go in forests anymore xD
Great, great news to hear they have recovered at least in northern European countries!
This channel is super. The content is well shot, superbly edited and wonderfully narrated. Very informative. Sub’d.
Definitely wouldn't mind a couple thousand Hugh Jackmans running around in the Scandinavian forests, but the furry animals would be cool as well of course ;)
Didn't expect this comment. Made me laugh xD
I wouldn’t mind them running and eliminating hunters…
*Hugh Jackmen
@@parthpatel4356 You must be fun at parties
it would require farmers and herders change their lifestyle and they wont , they want the easy way of animal keep since it gives them money and hunter.. they loose thier fun when there are less game when they have paid $ for a spot in the wood to kill some animal to eat in the winter..cries for them so unfair
This is a fantastic video about my second favorite mustelid. Thank you for the fantastic footage, video, and information.
Thank you my friend! - Cheers, Duarte
Honey badger your favorite? 🤓🍻
@@alsaunders7805 I am a fan of the spotted skunks in my area, otters being a close third.
Well done Tom!
I was following a stream through a wood in Weardale, Co Durham England when a deer jumped to its feet three meters in front of me but did not run away. We were stood there staring at each other for a few moments when a foal staggered to its feet, I did not want to disturb them and started walking around them when Wolverine ran away and in to the stream where it made slow progress moving around the large stones that were in its path. I was able to observe the animal for a few minuets as I followed. It was very clumsy and its actions were similar to a bear. I googled Wolverines in Weardale and found there were a few sightings nearby and an article in the Northern Echo
Great content as always ! ❤️❤️❤️
I never knew there existed such creature, you sure make a good work helping non popular species
What a shame they are endangered in such huge (and nearly empty) countries as Norway and Finland. They should do a lot more to protect wolverines!
As a Norwegian I’ve never heard of wolverines being near extinction here. Wolves perhaps, as they all (farmers) want them dead, so the population is kept super small, but not wolverines. They are as normal here as bears.
Lmfao, they won't, they harass the Sapmi peoples reindeers and Scandinavia bends the knees to whatever Sapmi says, so, no wont happen.
@MarcT That's the case for most of Europe. Many countries have slaughtered their wolves and bears throughout time. Both which are quite harmless to humans
@MarcT The Netherlands also introduced them a few years earlier, if holland habits more Wolves than Sweden than the Swedes should really be ashamed hahaha
@MarcT Yeh as soon as they came the farmers began protesting against it. Can't blame them but for some areas wolfs could be useful. Like at the Veluwe or Flevo Polder. There maybe the farmers could put some walls for protection. The land is already very organized it shouldn't be that big of a deal
It's always so interesting hearing about maybe predators bouncing back. I had no idea wolverines were even present in Europe... I assume at one point they must have been in the UK too?
They died out in last ice age, I believe
Just realised I knew very little about this species! Love the video 🙌
"Hunting for food, they act much like foxes" footage of a wolverine doing a barrel roll dodge and taking down a reindeer. "Well shit, didn't know foxes did that as well"
meritorics aside, great production and astounding footage. you bought me on an instant!
kudos to entire team
I live in Sweden and I remember going to a natural science museum and reading a panel that there were only about 150
wolverines in Sweden. Google now says that there are 637, ao glad to hear about them returning!
Good video. Right to the point. Facts and no drama 🎭. Thank you.
Yeah the Wolverine is bad ass. Great video Mossy Earth!! 🌿
Thank you Rob! :) - Cheers, Duarte
100% agree 😂
Also the resistance group in red down !
Leaving a comment because I like your content 👍🏾
Very informative, thank you!
The Norwegian treatment of predators like lynx, wolf and wolverine is a shame!
The wolverine... One of the cutest balls of fur that exists 😅
Yes, cute, but in an angry, fierce kind of way.
with an unending persistence and razor sharp teeth and claws
Hi Mossy Earth. I was wondering if I could have advice. I grew up as a high achieving student and felt pressured into a dentistry degree, but have since left and have an opportunity to exchange to another course. My true passion is ecology, rewinding and nature. My uni offers biological sciences and geography but both have opportunities to specialise into ecology. I enjoy both subjects, so I am very conflicted. As ecologists yourselves, do you have advice on which would give me the best chance in the world of conservation? :)
Thanks, very good video!
Beautifully worded.
This is my comment for the algorithm ❤ Thank you for your work 🌿
You forgot to mention that one of the biggest reasons why Wolverines have such a dark reputation is mainly that they are said to be fearless hunters that also attack much larger prey, sometimes even bears.
They don’t hunt bears lol
I mean that's almost their exact wording from 1:36 on: "bloodthirsty killers that kill more that they can eat". With the later explanation that even though they don't eat a reindeer in one sitting they come back to their catch in the following days.
I met one in Estonia. Four years ago. They are wonderful creatures. And they don't respect borders. I was told they roam the forests from Estonia and Latvia eastwards through Belarus and into Russia.
Every wild animal needs protection from us humans.👍👍 Greetings from the Netherlands
Wolverines are the only critter that will walk up to a grizzly bear with a "come at me bro" attitude.
and 75% of the time the Grizzly bear will Nope the fuck outta there
@@EinarOfBC you have a norse name, cool. Einar means "army of one", or "those who fight alone". Einar=Einherjar - warriors who die in battle and taken to valhalla by the valkyries. greetings from norway.
Love this channel
Such fascinating creatures!
Wolverines are fascinating and good documentaries on them are hard to find. Years ago, I watched a doc where they tagged a male wolverine, and they were astounded at the sheer magnitude of their range ( this ones was 120miles) He fathered two litters of kits, and helped in the rearing of both! I cant remember the name but it Aired on PBS.
Also, these guys look absolutely adorable.
I love these animals and the entire family of the Mustelids. Weasels, badgers, otters, mink, Fisher's, Sable's, stoats, Marten's, ferret's, Wolverine's. (I love these types of crazy creatures)
Actually, Mustelidae is restricted to only the weasels, ferrets, and minks, while the skunks, stink badgers, badgers, otters, zorillas, muishund, shulang, huro, grisons, wolverine, tayra, martens, and fisher do not belong here anymore, they are all relocated to four separate families, which are Mephitidae, Melidae, Lutridae, and Ictonychidae respectively, while the latter three of these families are grouped with Mustelidae into the superfamily Musteloidea, Mephitidae is not in this superfamily and evolved independently, Mephitidae instead belongs to a whole different superfamily, which is the superfamily Procyonoidea, meaning skunks and stink badgers are actually more closely related to the raccoons, ringtail, cacomistle, coatis, olingos, olinguito, kinkajou, and red panda than they are to the weasels, ferrets, minks, badgers, otters, zorillas, muishund, shulang, huro, grisons, wolverine, tayra, martens, and fisher.
I have actually seen one IRL, it crossed the road as I was driving south from the Norway/Sweden/Finland joining point at around 2 am (summer obviously with daylight then). A rare sight indeed!
The reindeer herding lands are most of the norther half of Sweden and there are not a lot of police around in what is more or less wilderness. Any wolverine (of wolf) that is seen by the herders probably runs a high risk of getting shot, regaradless of official protection status.
Which is quite easy to understand. Free ranging livestock and big carnivores will never work good together. Killing all the big carnivores they could was always one requirement to be able to have reindeers. What changed was that guns and vehicles was introduced and the killing got more and more "efficient". The only way to have more wolverines in that area is to decrease reindeers or find a way to make the wolverines not attack the reindeers (very hard). But we will always live in competition with the animals, no matter if its farming the land or hunting for food, so some management of the competition will always also be needed.
@@drosendahl Fair enough, I could understand it too if it were not for the fact that the government pays the reindeer herders for animals taken by carnivores and, as you say, the balance has tilted over towards the hunters with the advent of modern weapons and snowmobiles.
The first time I learned about this animal was when my mum’s best friend told us about her mother’s experience as an ethnic German who after WW2 had been sent to work in an internment camp in the coal mining town of Inta (near the very north of the Ural mountains in Russia). She said that it was the most dangerous animal in the tundra environment and if one ever did wrong by it or was simply disliked by it, the wolverine would tirelessly follow them for miles on end. Maybe it was a skewed view given to her on the account of the locals there but the fact that people look onto this animal with disdain is true.
Wolverines in that area would rob "caches" of food and destroy all kinds of assets so I'd understand villagers being on edge with them.
Norway got the same problem with wolf :(
Well they have had a similar fate but also a similar rebound :) - Cheers, Duarte
Love Norway, beautiful country, but God damn it they really have issues with wildlife management. There's like 50 wolves in their countries, a ridiculous low number, but hunters and farmers are still bitching that this is too much.
These people will not be satisfied until the species is driven to extinction.
Russia should be priority tbh, it has the most territory suitable for wolverines. It would for sure be controversial but are you planning on making a project in Russia? Not a Putin nor Russia fan but they do have impotant species and as much as species don't care about borders neither should ecology and re wilding
Wolverines are HUGELY overrated because of the internet. Same applies to honey badgers. Back in 2009, had a Russian friend whose dog killed a wolverine while we were working in front of the farm, before his dad could even see what was happening in the back yard. Granted his dog (don't know the breed name, huge grey dog, looks like a bear) weighs more than me but I feel like any larger dog could do the same, after seeing how fast the wolverine got sent to the other world. Not that impressive, not that dangerous...
Canada is good too
@@nogerboher5266 It’s the largest mustelid species with a cool name. It looks pretty and has an appealing personality. Seems pretty interesting to me.
Rusher*
Wolverines habitat is typicly mountainous areas, we have a project at my uni (Innlandet, Norway) where they found wolverines in the forrest, but that is not their typical habitat (when we look at the knowledge we have of the species now).
theyre adorable
Beautiful animals wolverines amazing.
Loved the video
Your work is so cool
I saw a wolverine in a forest near Engure lake in Latvia in 2017.
5:30 damm it now i have to sup and like, smart move there mate you got me
Great video!
Thats a honey badger that went travelling and didn't come back home for decades.
Thanks for the informative and interesting video. I'd love more videos on rare animal and plant species that need support to bounce back and spread again. Abundant species will spread on their own but rare ones need our support.
We are trying to find a balance between featuring keystone species and animals that are disappearing and no one cares about them. If you are curious on some creatures which are rare but need some support check out our expedition to a deserted island or maybe our videos about olms :) - Cheers, Duarte
In Finnish, wolverine's name 'Ahma', also means 'eats alot'/glutton in old Proto-Finnic. The name for wolves, 'Susi' also means a 'Dud'. The other word 'Hukka', also means 'Waste' (People occasionally use that word describing something going to waste or was used for things like doom). People do sort of romanticize wolves and such, and places where they live, they actually get a really bad reputation, for herders and farmers. Personally am glad that people are getting more informed about those animals being essential to our ecosystems.
One of Michigan’s state symbols is the Wolverine. Not just because of the University, but because Michigan soldiers were referred to “as fierce as a wolverine” during the American Civil War.
The last confirmed sighting of a Wolverine in Michigan was in 2004. Before that, it was the early 19th century.
Anything we can do to conserve them, and bring them back is a unbelievable step in the right direction. I want to live in a Michigan with Wolverines, not one without them.
Amazing movie, great job !! :-)
Here in Germany, we call them "a lot feeders" (Vielfraße). People who eat a lot are sometimes still called Vielfraß, so I suppose we had those animals too in the past?
Yes I am quite sure their range extended into Germany in the past :)
Thx for the video. Of other interesting mammals in Europe, there is also the European mink which could use a bit of spotlight.
Aren't those animals reared for their skin?
@@Lone-Lee Its the larger American mink, that is used for rearing.
Its so good see how much his channel is growingh !! I subscribe to mossy earth 2 weeks ago and their have 5 thousand subscribers. Now, are more da 27 thousands. Its so good see that people are engaged and realize the importance of the conservation of the natural world.
Love your work
Good work
They used to be more widespread in Europe.
Can you do something about the Longhorns and Mustangs? I feel like they're right up your alley: feral animals adapting.
love the video
Great video
I've seen some in very remote areas in the Cascades/Sierra Nevada ranges near the peaks. Pretty 😍
Wolverine is my favorite animal.
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I simply have to say: that "rawr!" thumbnail image is hilarious and cute.
😂
My favourite predator. I hope to see one some day.
no... trust me. You don't! Videos are cool, but in person they are scary as fuck!
Mustilids are smart and tenacious, and yet breed quickly, they are amazing at recolinizing and bouncing back from small numbers
Wolverines are unique and formidable animals that deserve to be saved from extinction, as do all wild animals! I don't thing that we humans, who are happily destroying our environments and all forms of life on our beautiful planet, have the right to eliminate wild animals that they find to be inconvenient to their lives. Wild animals are as entitled to life as humans are, so let's save them instead of killing them for fun!!!!
Fascinating
Sounds like much more common in Europe than the Iberian lynx, sure size is debatable, but still...
I suppose most people would call them mid size haha :) - Cheers, Duarte
Love your videos dude. Keep up the good work.
Some suggestions for future videos: Pleistocene Park I'm Siberia, Taurus programme and auroch de-extinction, wolf comeback in Europe, and conservation programmes in islands (like rat eradication programs).
Cheers.
They also played a significant role in Scotlands natural world too but was wiped out completely, I believe they should be reintroduced and protected just like I do with bears, wolves, Eurasian elk, and more and I hate the fact they are persecuted so much every inch of the world should protect every single species of wild predator from poachers and hunters both sport and food hunting hunters they should also be reintroduced into many other country’s that used to have them and to me farmers who kill them or any other predator species or poisoning or destroying nature should be faced with life in prison for ecocide and a crime that to me is akin to murder
I read that the wolverine disappeared from Scotland 10.000 yrs ago.. do you still think it is a good idea to reintroduce them? on the other hand, the musk oxen was reintroduced to Norway from Greenland 100 yrs ago- it disappeared from mainland Europe at the same time that the wolverine disappeared from Scotland.
@@bjrnjensen7074 I’m not sure raindeer are here and they disappeared the same time yet they were successful so why not reintroduce wolverines if there prays here why not let them come back
@@Captainval28 Well, yes.. and I`m sure that some of our sheep farmers would be more than happy to send over a few wolverines..
@@bjrnjensen7074 sarcasm not needed mate but I don't care about what the sheep farmers think they are a threat to nature always goes by silly misinformation made up by selfish people uses it as a rediculous excuse to comit ecocide when nature is so depleted mental health in Britain is so damaged by its destruction
@@bjrnjensen7074 would be very popular with people whose lives would not be affected by it .
I saw one when I visited Sweden in 2009
Good stuff
Wolverines also used to be abundant in North America. They are still found in Canada and Alaska with occasional sighting in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Isnt there a population of them in Montana as well, in Glacier National Park
The wolverine family,mustalids,are a very intelligent and affectionate animal.From weasels,stoats,ferrets,polecats,otters,badgers to wolverines I kept ferrets for years and got to know and love them.thers videos of people playing with wolverines and honeybadgers and little mink lovely family don't kill them.
Thank sir
It's Dutch name is 'veelvraat' which is an old way of saying glutton.
In Portuguese it's "glutão" which is literally just glutton.
Very interesting.