biologists in Utah have captured a live wolverine...

[IcyPeas]

For the first time ever, biologists in Utah have captured a live wolverine
It's estimated to be about 3 to 4 years old and weighs about 28 pounds.

The elusive animal was spotted last Thursday in Rich County, located northeast of Salt Lake City, when USDA wildlife officials were conducting livestock protection air patrols.

..... The captured wolverine was fitted with a GPS collar and has since been released.

"Now, with that collar on it, we will know exactly where its moving and when, where during different times of the year it's moving, and how far does it go when it moves," said Hadley.

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[dchill]

1. Wow!

[left-of-center2012]

2. I did not know they are that rare

Are they more common in other parts of the United States?

[IcyPeas]

4. They are more common in Canada and Alaska.

Wolverines live primarily in isolated arctic, boreal, and alpine regions of northern Canada, Alaska, Siberia, and Fennoscandia; they are also native to European Russia, the Baltic countries, the Russian Far East, northeast China and Mongolia. In the Sierra Nevada, wolverines were sighted near Winnemucca Lake in spring 1995 and at Toe Jam Lake north of the Yosemite border in 1996; and later photographed by baited cameras, including in 2008 and 2009, near Lake Tahoe. According to a 2014 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publication, "wolverines are found in the North Cascades in Washington and the Northern Rocky Mountains in Idaho, Montana, Oregon (Wallowa Range), and Wyoming. Individual wolverines have also moved into historic range in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado, but have not established breeding populations in these areas." In 2022, Colorado Parks and Wildlife considered plans to reintroduce the wolverine to the state.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine

[tavernier]

10. There are very many in Michigan.

Mostly Ann Arbor.

Go Blue.

[SergeStorms]

3. I always said....

I'd rather circumcise a rabid wolverine with a butter knife than vote for a republican.

Now that I'm in the twilight of my years I may have to come up with a different challenge for myself. Maybe.

[Roy Rolling]

5. Or

Hear me out. Pass down that wisdom to the next generation. I’ve never heard it, and now I am much better-educated on wolverines this morning.

Thanks DU! 😂😂

[secondwind]

6. Love it...

[2naSalit]

7. Interesting.

I have seen them in Idaho and Montana. I took a class on them a few years back. Studies in my area need funding.

[druidity33]

8. They look like bear-dogs to me. nt.

[alphafemale]

9. I was worried idiots were going to harass this poor beast.

When I first heard it was spotted.

Leave it be.