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.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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.
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
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.
I love the mutualism between American Badgers and Coyotes. They're pretty much the Bebop and Rocksteady of the American plains. And out of all my taxonomic orders, Carnivora is my favorite with Crocodilians being a close 2nd. Such amazing and powerful beasts garyeeblablablaaaaa
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.
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
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.
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?
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
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
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.
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).
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
