You are right on, except I would replace the Sea Otter with the "Fisher". It has the agility of a Marten, the speed to catch a squirrel in the trees, or, a rabbit on the ground or kill a porcupine while avoiding the quills.
@@seanhewitt603 Wolverines eat hair and teeth too. They have earned their scientific name "Gulo gulo", which means “glutton” in Latin.. They have even eaten porcupine quills, which often lodge in their digestive track and have caused fatal infections.
@@dunringill1747 nope, they cannot break down the teeth or hair. The Only two body parts literally not worth swallowing, they aren't digestible, by anything living. That's why there are teeth of every kingdom in the fossil records.
Yeah their agility is impressive, like that video of a wolverine jumping on a reindeer's neck over and over again, that little shit could easily kill me
@@donysabtyo0403 Seen them do things like the first 2, but I wouldn't bet on them regularly challenging leopards. They don't live in India but I know amur leopards are willing to kill and eat them so any challenge would probably be in self-defence, as with honey badgers who also rely on intimidation in order to survive.
I live near North American river otters, the smaller version of the giant river otter. I often see them while fishing and they’re impressive hunters. I live on the Gulf Coast and they actually inhabit brackish/saltwater. They munch on crabs like candy. They make huffing sounds when they spot me. They also grunt and make bird like sounds.
I once walked into a North American badger while walking home, and I didn't get anywhere close, but it was SO aggressive. I live in wolverine territory, so I wasn't expecting... that. It puffed up SO big and was SO loud. They don't fuck around. (been luckier with wolverines in terms of not getting aggression-close)
We have decimated so many wolverines over the centuries that we have completely altered their behavior (especially around man). Wolverines living today are far more cautious and timid compared to wolverines even 70 years ago, much less 200 - 300 years ago.
@@dunringill1747 It really depends on the area. I don't, personally, know much about wolverine behaviour in Europe. I live south of the arctic circle on the western coast of North America. And they're just wolverines.
@@goodbyesheesha Humans have successfully altered the basic behaviors of many intelligent animals we clashed with. Both the NA and Eurasian wolverine subspecies have been hunted incessantly for their valuable pelts. Their more "bold behaviors" have been "weeded out of them" over time. They have known for a very long time it's better to avoid man. Also of significance is their need for vast areas of land to hunt on. This land often holds valuable raw resources for man as well. Money talks - which indirectly means we won't recognize any subspecies past the 2. If we recognized more subspecies, it would mean better laws of protection for wolverines and their hunting grounds. That would mean less raw resources and pelts for us.
The American Mink [Neogale Vison] and the Domestic Ferret [Mustela Furo] deserve honorable mentions, even though they aren't particularly deadly or vicious in the wild they are easily domesticated and have been used for hundreds to thousands of years as pest exterminators for rats, mice and rabbits.
Not to mention there's an urban legend about the wolverine that one managed to escape from a zoo enclosure and snuck into a polar bear exhibit where it managed to kill one of the polar bears by clamping down on it's throat and suffocating it wolverine's are not to be messed with
It's been a long time since I've read that report so I'm going to get some details wrong. This zoo was located somewhere in Europe. The incident was in 1926, or '27? It happened overnight. The next day - the wolverine was found uninjured in the bear enclosure along with the dead polar bear with a crushed windpipe. - There have been 5 other unsubstantiated reports of wolverines killing polar and grizzly bears. Those were in the wild. - In every case the cause of death was the same - bears with crushed windpipes. - I read those reports long ago - they are hard to find. If memory serves, the earliest report was from 1912(?), or 1916 (?). The last was sometime in the late 1950's. - Again, these reports are unsubstantiated and should be taken with a grain of salt. However, some of these reports have been made by professional field researchers & forest rangers - those must hold some merit. - What IS SUBSTANTIATED: On occasion, wolverines have initiated attacks and driven away bears (all the known NA species), wolves, mountain lions, lynxes, & bobcats from food and territory. Most of the time, wolverines avoid bears, mountain lions, & wolves because they can kill them. It is also substantiated that wolverines have killed lynxes & bobcats.
@@TsukiCoveI looked into this “urban myth” and found no actual documentation on it, it was supposed to have happened at a zoo in Germany, but there are no newspaper reports or any eye witnesses.. I maybe wrong but I’m pretty sure it’s just a myth probably made up by fanboys
@@dunringill1747 Given the wolverine’s known behavior of defending its food and territory against larger predators, do they have physiological and behavioral traits that enable it to confront such formidable opponents?
I could agree with this list. If the wolverine and honey badger switch places, the wolverine would be more capable of killing Africa's top predators where as the honey badger has a better chance at surviving North America's predators. Wolverine is designed better for offense (bigger, stronger, and faster than the HB) while honey badger is more durable on defense (nearly bite and scratch proof skin).
I remember watching an episode of Marty Stouffer's Wild America as a kid and I remember a very brutal fight between an american badger and a wolverine.
Otters are deadly. The giant otter has killed caimans as prey and stands up to jaguars. They are pack killers like wolves and dogs. Yes, dogs are cute, too, but they can certainly kill.
Out of curiosity, haven't we discovered that there used to be giant Wolverines and other types of Prehistoric Mustalids? I could be wrong would make for a awesome topic to cover tho if there is substance there
Can you do a video on all nine leopard subspecies And a rank on most least to most deadly bovids Includes Wild yak Takin Wild water buffalo Gaur European bison American bison Cape buffalo Spanish bull
What we call sea otters around the coast of UK, are just the regular European otter (Lutra lutra), they are just choosing to live at the beach not in a stream
I got run off of a trout stream by a pretty good sized badger once. It was digging up something behind a log when I kinda startled it, and I quickly crossed the creek to get some distance between it and myself. The darn critter paced back and forth for a while, and slowly followed me downstream on the opposite side for a couple hundred yards. At a particularly shallow spot, Mr. Badger crossed over to my side (after which I recrossed through a deeper area) and kept pace for another quarter mile or so, until I left the stream near where I’d parked. Mostly it wouldn’t do much more than stare balefully at me, with an occasional hiss or snort thrown in. That badger guarded the same spot for a couple years, then disappeared.
You forgot the Domestic Ferret, easily the deadliest animal to any pair of shoes, stuffed animals or cat toys. Also will steal almost anything they can get their teeth around and hide it from you for however long they feel like.
Video idea ranking the l10 of the largest animal migrations Species included Grey whale Atlantic salmon White bearded wildebeest Arctic tern Greater flamingo Humpback whale Cape buffalo Caribou Gelada
Its a nice thing if that beast never reported attacking any human. But who knows if they ever since their habitat have very sparse human population, thus few folks can spreading the news
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 Humans have killed so many wolverines over the centuries, we have completely altered their behavior as a species. It's a scary thought but the wolverines that live today are much more timid and cautious compared to wolverine behavior even 70 years ago, much less 200 - 300 years ago.
He already did that. Although, I would like to see a video about the 5 deadliest birds (or living Dinosaurs, if you want to get technical) in the world.
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The weasel family should be classed as super predators there's nothing that can take them on really pound for pound they are relentless in the persute after there prey and they will also take orther predators out of the game fishers have been known to kill bob cats and linxes the Fisher is a member of the weasel family the really are the kings of the animal world
Geez... wolverines can take down bison? Is this a single occurrence? Or has this happened repeatedly? Was it a "got an artery and it bled out over a few hours" situation? I just find it hard to believe a wolverine would take on a bison, much less kill it.
Wolverines tend to go after the young, the old, and the weak (from sickness) when it comes to bison. It's the same with moose. With that said, there is an impressive record of a wolverine's largest kill (that we know of) being a moose. It was a 1,800 lbs. adult male moose. The autopsy report of the moose carcass showed no sign of illness.
There is a wildlife centre outside of Haliburton Ontario Canada that has an active pack of wolves in a fenced off area big enough for them to hunt and thrive. In the education building there is a display case of skulls from various small mustelids and from rodents. The exposed complete size of the canine teeth on some of those small mustelids like fishers and martens is scary to see in proportion to the total size of their head. Two years ago I finally saw what I'm sure was a fisher, dashing across the road. They are like ghosts of the forest under brush and seeing one in daytime on a road is rare.
I am now convinced that the two smallest animals that can singly kill a person in a predatory attack are dogs and wolverines. It probably takes a smaller wolverine than a dog.
Yeah. Their power comes from their sheer stubborn aggressiveness. It doesn’t matter to them if they can’t reasonable kill something that attacks them, they’re going to fight irregardless of their chances. Most larger predators can easily kill one, but not without taking substantial damage in the process. Preds are not going to press an attack on something that stands a good chance of hurting them, especially when they’re not large enough to provide a substantial meal. The risk:reward just isn’t in the favor of other predators.
There is this silly fantasy that people believe a honey badger would take down a wolverine. That is like saying a coyote takes down a wolf. Like all other mustelids, honey badgers are impressive way beyond their own weight class, but they are still animals. Fantasy is fun, but it should never replace fact.
lol yeah. If weasels or stoats were larger, they would be absolute menaces to the food chain in general. Those things are vicious and highly successful predators and they don’t know when to stop killing. They’ll kill things even when they’re not hungry or if the already have food available.
I wouldn't call any mustelids, deadly, but if I had to choose one, it would be the giant otter. 6ft of solid muscle, with the usual tenacious mustelid traits. For that reason, it should be at number one. The honey badger should be at number two, and maybe even number one, due to their durability. Any animal that can fight off a leopard, needs to be shown respect. Of course the normal outcome is the leopard kills and eats them, but the fact they have been known to fend off leopards at all is incredibly impressive. Leopards are the most underrated big cat of all, due to living in the shadow of the most impressive predator one the planet, the lion. Leopard kill more people than any other cat, and it's not close. They've been known to kill lionesses and male tigers in the wild and they regularly prey on gorillas, including fully grown males. This puts the feat of the honey badger into perspective. A wolverine simply wouldn't be able to fend off a leopard attack. Pound for pound, the tiny weasel would take top spot. They're pocket-sized nightmares.
The Fisher is king where i live in the klamath mountains in far Northern California Del Norte county . One step below the wolverine and yes we have wolverine here also . And mink and Humbolt martin river otter weasel badger . Ringtail cat also but not a mustalid i dont believe.
They are the greatest mammalian survivors. Unlike us, they don't seem to threaten the whole earth's environment. Just let them eat. At least it's not highly processed food.
"Deadly" is a little strong - they're predators competing in the wild. I'd say special note should be given to the Marten - it has the unpleasant habit of slaughtering any living thing with it's reach. So, if it goes to grab a chicken, it will kill every chicken in the coop for no known reason. Yeah - I'd put the Marten number 1.
I have seen footage of a wolverine chasing a wolf pack of a kill. Wolves may kill wolverines, but I bet wolverines kill more wolves. The only animal a wolverine fears is a Grizzly.
Mustelids are some of my favorite animals.
Video idea: Animals that governments hunted to extinction. Examples include the Tasmanian Tiger, Japanese wolf, Caspian Sea Tiger, Barbary Loin.
This list is a multi parter
balinese tiger and javanese tiger were both hunted to extinction by the dutch occuping Indonesia 😭😭😭
yeah i did a similar video to this not too long ago and i found it very interesting. I'll see if i can do a part 2 in the future :)
bob gymlan has a greaat vid on the japanese wolf
Plains bison
Great Job
thanks i really appreciate the support :)
You are right on, except I would replace the Sea Otter with the "Fisher". It has the agility of a Marten, the speed to catch a squirrel in the trees, or, a rabbit on the ground or kill a porcupine while avoiding the quills.
Agree. The Fisher and Tayra are budget Wolverines. This video didn't make me think the Sea Otter was more deadly than either one.
Saw one in my neighbors backyard the other day.
@@johnbell1396 That is a rarity. Good show.
@@uke4ia sea otters are one of the few non apes that are intelligent enough to improvise tools
@@gjfwang Until they improvise a shiv, that doesn't make them one of the deadliest.
Fun fact: Sea otters were recently spotted on the Oregon coast for the first time since the early 1900’s!
That's incorrect. I saw one in a small bay in Oregon back in 2001.
Wolverines have been spotted in Oregon too
@@johnbell1396 should have reported the sighting then
Nice informative video Tsuki 🙂👍😲. Mustelids are so interesting😲.
thank you i precipitate it :)
Loved your vids, and also I really missed your old intro😢
Pop goes the weasel. I knew when the started, Stoffel would make an appearance.
Amazing video as always
thanks for the support :)
I'm glad the giant river otter made this list. They're so often forgotten for the terrors they are.
Wolverines may not have the strongest bite force but they can chew through frozen meat and bone.
They eat every part except the hair and teeth.
@@seanhewitt603 Wolverines eat hair and teeth too. They have earned their scientific name "Gulo gulo", which means “glutton” in Latin.. They have even eaten porcupine quills, which often lodge in their digestive track and have caused fatal infections.
@@dunringill1747 nope, they cannot break down the teeth or hair. The Only two body parts literally not worth swallowing, they aren't digestible, by anything living. That's why there are teeth of every kingdom in the fossil records.
@@dunringill1747 they can't digest the hair or teeth.
@@seanhewitt603 Don't believe me, web search it for yourself. They are called "glutton" for good reason.
12:05 Yo, that straight up vault over the other Wolverine was one of the most athletic feat I've ever seen! 😂
Yeah their agility is impressive, like that video of a wolverine jumping on a reindeer's neck over and over again, that little shit could easily kill me
Always nice to see Arnie at the end… if you added a few more seconds of him that would be nice 👍🏻
Yellow throated marten could be honorable mention. Not the biggest but they are ferocious
All of the small Mustelids are some of the most ferocious animals pound for pound.
I heard that Yellow Throated Marten can take down Sambar fawn, kill adult Langur monkey, and would chalenge Indian Leopard is that true??
@@donysabtyo0403 Seen them do things like the first 2, but I wouldn't bet on them regularly challenging leopards. They don't live in India but I know amur leopards are willing to kill and eat them so any challenge would probably be in self-defence, as with honey badgers who also rely on intimidation in order to survive.
@@An_Actual_Rat they lived in India too but mostly on northern parts (somewhere near Nepal)
@@donysabtyo0403 Ah I see, there's a tiny sliver of population there. My mistake!
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Love the video
Mustelids are definitely the most underrated Carnivora group in the mammal class.
I live near North American river otters, the smaller version of the giant river otter. I often see them while fishing and they’re impressive hunters. I live on the Gulf Coast and they actually inhabit brackish/saltwater. They munch on crabs like candy. They make huffing sounds when they spot me. They also grunt and make bird like sounds.
I really adore this animal kingdom and I love this video of them❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊
I once walked into a North American badger while walking home, and I didn't get anywhere close, but it was SO aggressive. I live in wolverine territory, so I wasn't expecting... that. It puffed up SO big and was SO loud. They don't fuck around. (been luckier with wolverines in terms of not getting aggression-close)
We have decimated so many wolverines over the centuries that we have completely altered their behavior (especially around man). Wolverines living today are far more cautious and timid compared to wolverines even 70 years ago, much less 200 - 300 years ago.
@@dunringill1747 It really depends on the area. I don't, personally, know much about wolverine behaviour in Europe. I live south of the arctic circle on the western coast of North America. And they're just wolverines.
@@goodbyesheesha Humans have successfully altered the basic behaviors of many intelligent animals we clashed with.
Both the NA and Eurasian wolverine subspecies have been hunted incessantly for their valuable pelts. Their more "bold behaviors" have been "weeded out of them" over time. They have known for a very long time it's better to avoid man.
Also of significance is their need for vast areas of land to hunt on. This land often holds valuable raw resources for man as well.
Money talks - which indirectly means we won't recognize any subspecies past the 2. If we recognized more subspecies, it would mean better laws of protection for wolverines and their hunting grounds. That would mean less raw resources and pelts for us.
Before going down, a wolverine attacked by a wolf pack can inflict serious injuries even causing some of them to bleed to death or infection.
an enjoyable video!
Wolverine my beloved ❤️
@traviswillden it’s my favorite mustelid and one of my favorite animals in general
They punch above their weight.
Excellent video 😊
The American Mink [Neogale Vison] and the Domestic Ferret [Mustela Furo] deserve honorable mentions, even though they aren't particularly deadly or vicious in the wild they are easily domesticated and have been used for hundreds to thousands of years as pest exterminators for rats, mice and rabbits.
Not to mention there's an urban legend about the wolverine that one managed to escape from a zoo enclosure and snuck into a polar bear exhibit where it managed to kill one of the polar bears by clamping down on it's throat and suffocating it wolverine's are not to be messed with
Yeah i keep seeing this rumor, i wonder if there's any truth behind it?
@@TsukiCove Honestly with how tough they are it wouldn't surprise me
It's been a long time since I've read that report so I'm going to get some details wrong. This zoo was located somewhere in Europe. The incident was in 1926, or '27? It happened overnight. The next day - the wolverine was found uninjured in the bear enclosure along with the dead polar bear with a crushed windpipe.
- There have been 5 other unsubstantiated reports of wolverines killing polar and grizzly bears. Those were in the wild.
- In every case the cause of death was the same - bears with crushed windpipes.
- I read those reports long ago - they are hard to find. If memory serves, the earliest report was from 1912(?), or 1916 (?). The last was sometime in the late 1950's.
- Again, these reports are unsubstantiated and should be taken with a grain of salt. However, some of these reports have been made by professional field researchers & forest rangers - those must hold some merit.
- What IS SUBSTANTIATED: On occasion, wolverines have initiated attacks and driven away bears (all the known NA species), wolves, mountain lions, lynxes, & bobcats from food and territory. Most of the time, wolverines avoid bears, mountain lions, & wolves because they can kill them. It is also substantiated that wolverines have killed lynxes & bobcats.
@@TsukiCoveI looked into this “urban myth” and found no actual documentation on it, it was supposed to have happened at a zoo in Germany, but there are no newspaper reports or any eye witnesses.. I maybe wrong but I’m pretty sure it’s just a myth probably made up by fanboys
@@dunringill1747 Given the wolverine’s known behavior of defending its food and territory against larger predators, do they have physiological and behavioral traits that enable it to confront such formidable opponents?
I love Fisher's, Sables, Wolverines, common river Otters, honey badgers, pine Martin, Mink, Stoat, American badgers, etc. Etc.
Very good clip
I could agree with this list. If the wolverine and honey badger switch places, the wolverine would be more capable of killing Africa's top predators where as the honey badger has a better chance at surviving North America's predators. Wolverine is designed better for offense (bigger, stronger, and faster than the HB) while honey badger is more durable on defense (nearly bite and scratch proof skin).
I've never seen one in the wild but i live in the wolverines home range, they are legendary, good choice for #1
I remember watching an episode of Marty Stouffer's Wild America as a kid and I remember a very brutal fight between an american badger and a wolverine.
can’t talk about *deadly* mustelids and not talk about stoats, minks nor martens. I’d definitely have them above sea otters 😅
Otters are deadly. The giant otter has killed caimans as prey and stands up to jaguars. They are pack killers like wolves and dogs. Yes, dogs are cute, too, but they can certainly kill.
@@PaulBrower-bw4jw i said sea otters.
12:16 I mean....... I suppose the Arnie could pull off being a wolverine
he wouldn't know what it is but he'd want to chase it haha
If it's a stocky legged mammal that constantly rides the line between tenacious and downright crazy it's probably a mustelid.
1:54 so cute 🥰 😂
Out of curiosity, haven't we discovered that there used to be giant Wolverines and other types of Prehistoric Mustalids? I could be wrong would make for a awesome topic to cover tho if there is substance there
We don't talk about prehistoric mustalids...they are scary
Can you do a video on all nine leopard subspecies
And a rank on most least to most deadly bovids
Includes
Wild yak
Takin
Wild water buffalo
Gaur
European bison
American bison
Cape buffalo
Spanish bull
What we call sea otters around the coast of UK, are just the regular European otter (Lutra lutra), they are just choosing to live at the beach not in a stream
I got run off of a trout stream by a pretty good sized badger once. It was digging up something behind a log when I kinda startled it, and I quickly crossed the creek to get some distance between it and myself. The darn critter paced back and forth for a while, and slowly followed me downstream on the opposite side for a couple hundred yards. At a particularly shallow spot, Mr. Badger crossed over to my side (after which I recrossed through a deeper area) and kept pace for another quarter mile or so, until I left the stream near where I’d parked. Mostly it wouldn’t do much more than stare balefully at me, with an occasional hiss or snort thrown in. That badger guarded the same spot for a couple years, then disappeared.
Sounds like we need to Introduce the American badgers back into the environment
idea for another one top 5 deadliest rodents
Cool
You forgot the Domestic Ferret, easily the deadliest animal to any pair of shoes, stuffed animals or cat toys. Also will steal almost anything they can get their teeth around and hide it from you for however long they feel like.
Mustelids, my fifth favorite animal family after Primates, Big Cats, Canids, and Ungulates
Make a count down of the cutest mustelids
Video idea ranking the l10 of the largest animal migrations
Species included
Grey whale
Atlantic salmon
White bearded wildebeest
Arctic tern
Greater flamingo
Humpback whale
Cape buffalo
Caribou
Gelada
The Yellow throated marten could have got on the list perhaps,
I've never seen a wolverine or a honey badger, but I've seen river otters those little dudes are ferrous.
Maby the fisher of North America they along with the yellow throated Martin of eurasian, are a true force to be recond with
I think there’s a story that a wolverine once took down a polar bear
Wolverines are absolute tanks. Just search wolverine vs caribou. A single wolverine fucks up a caribou thats probably 8 times its size.
Its a nice thing if that beast never reported attacking any human. But who knows if they ever since their habitat have very sparse human population, thus few folks can spreading the news
@@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 Humans have killed so many wolverines over the centuries, we have completely altered their behavior as a species. It's a scary thought but the wolverines that live today are much more timid and cautious compared to wolverine behavior even 70 years ago, much less 200 - 300 years ago.
Video ideas. Largest frogs
i think i might've done that already? I'm starting to lose track of videos haha
He already did that. Although, I would like to see a video about the 5 deadliest birds (or living Dinosaurs, if you want to get technical) in the world.
Honey Badger are badass
if an otter gets rabies would it also get hydrophobia? Or would it's evolutionary instincts/ high intellect overcome that symptom?
There must be a greater force in the Universe because if the Honey Badger grew to the size of a Leopard, we wouldn't exist
Wolverine is one little bastard I would not like to see. Ferocious!
Badgers are on my coat of arms.
I feel like the fisher should have been included in this list
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@@TsukiCove great
There used to be a Giant Otter as big as a Lion in Africa during the Ice Age.
I watched a video of the Stoat. This little terror would focus on a rabbit or hare and chase it to exhaustion, often ignoring closer prey.
You know that escaping your enclosure to fight lions when you weigh about 40 pounds is both psychotic and extremely admirable.
The bit where you had the badger acting like a ferret was quite silly
What is the wolverines weight?
I think around 32KG is the maximum
Giant Otter best team
Those type of mammals can be lazy, have SERIOUS boundaries
The weasel family should be classed as super predators there's nothing that can take them on really pound for pound they are relentless in the persute after there prey and they will also take orther predators out of the game fishers have been known to kill bob cats and linxes the Fisher is a member of the weasel family the really are the kings of the animal world
Harder to Catch, Easier to Dispatch.
"...always in a very bad mood..." LOL! Sounds like a government employee!
Geez... wolverines can take down bison? Is this a single occurrence? Or has this happened repeatedly? Was it a "got an artery and it bled out over a few hours" situation? I just find it hard to believe a wolverine would take on a bison, much less kill it.
Wolverines tend to go after the young, the old, and the weak (from sickness) when it comes to bison. It's the same with moose.
With that said, there is an impressive record of a wolverine's largest kill (that we know of) being a moose. It was a 1,800 lbs. adult male moose. The autopsy report of the moose carcass showed no sign of illness.
There is a wildlife centre outside of Haliburton Ontario Canada that has an active pack of wolves in a fenced off area big enough for them to hunt and thrive. In the education building there is a display case of skulls from various small mustelids and from rodents. The exposed complete size of the canine teeth on some of those small mustelids like fishers and martens is scary to see in proportion to the total size of their head. Two years ago I finally saw what I'm sure was a fisher, dashing across the road. They are like ghosts of the forest under brush and seeing one in daytime on a road is rare.
Should do 10 - 6 now
It's all about attitude. That's what Mustelids teach us.
Never back down never what ?
So there’s no wolverines in the lower 48 didn’t know that
I heard someone say that if a weasel was six foot long, it could kill everything on the planet.
I am now convinced that the two smallest animals that can singly kill a person in a predatory attack are dogs and wolverines. It probably takes a smaller wolverine than a dog.
Honey badger way overrated imo, it has durability but lacks in damage. Id take fighting one of those over a river otter
Yeah. Their power comes from their sheer stubborn aggressiveness. It doesn’t matter to them if they can’t reasonable kill something that attacks them, they’re going to fight irregardless of their chances. Most larger predators can easily kill one, but not without taking substantial damage in the process. Preds are not going to press an attack on something that stands a good chance of hurting them, especially when they’re not large enough to provide a substantial meal. The risk:reward just isn’t in the favor of other predators.
There is this silly fantasy that people believe a honey badger would take down a wolverine. That is like saying a coyote takes down a wolf.
Like all other mustelids, honey badgers are impressive way beyond their own weight class, but they are still animals. Fantasy is fun, but it should never replace fact.
Really the biggest enemy of the Wolverines are the Buckeyes 😂
The hyena is the most dog-like feliform, while the giant other is the most cat-like caniform.
Title of the video: most deadly mustilids .
Answer: all of them.
Sea Otters enjoy feasting the entrails of the Time Child on their tummy
If weasels are the size of rottweilers they might be able to kill lions and black bears😅
lol yeah. If weasels or stoats were larger, they would be absolute menaces to the food chain in general. Those things are vicious and highly successful predators and they don’t know when to stop killing. They’ll kill things even when they’re not hungry or if the already have food available.
I wouldn't call any mustelids, deadly, but if I had to choose one, it would be the giant otter. 6ft of solid muscle, with the usual tenacious mustelid traits. For that reason, it should be at number one. The honey badger should be at number two, and maybe even number one, due to their durability. Any animal that can fight off a leopard, needs to be shown respect. Of course the normal outcome is the leopard kills and eats them, but the fact they have been known to fend off leopards at all is incredibly impressive. Leopards are the most underrated big cat of all, due to living in the shadow of the most impressive predator one the planet, the lion. Leopard kill more people than any other cat, and it's not close. They've been known to kill lionesses and male tigers in the wild and they regularly prey on gorillas, including fully grown males. This puts the feat of the honey badger into perspective. A wolverine simply wouldn't be able to fend off a leopard attack. Pound for pound, the tiny weasel would take top spot. They're pocket-sized nightmares.
The Fisher is king where i live in the klamath mountains in far Northern California Del Norte county .
One step below the wolverine and yes we have wolverine here also .
And mink and Humbolt martin river otter weasel badger .
Ringtail cat also but not a mustalid i dont believe.
Fun fact coyotes hunt with badgers. It's awesome
Ketchup or Mustelid on your hot dog?
You can see the difference in not having the sea otter along the coast to the south in canada
They are the greatest mammalian survivors. Unlike us, they don't seem to threaten the whole earth's environment. Just let them eat. At least it's not highly processed food.
No bear or wolves kill healthy wolverines, never documented
Oh, to have the kahones of a honey badger.
Hail to the Victors.....
"Deadly" is a little strong - they're predators competing in the wild. I'd say special note should be given to the Marten - it has the unpleasant habit of slaughtering any living thing with it's reach. So, if it goes to grab a chicken, it will kill every chicken in the coop for no known reason. Yeah - I'd put the Marten number 1.
I have seen footage of a wolverine chasing a wolf pack of a kill. Wolves may kill wolverines, but I bet wolverines kill more wolves. The only animal a wolverine fears is a Grizzly.
if wolverine was here, where is deadpool?
I heard there is a wombat injured a man on a tour
American badger is like 3x the size of a skunk so like not even close to similar size....
Honey badger don't care!
Sea Otters ****** Baby Seals.