Why Wolverine's Bone Claws are WAY More Powerful Than You Realize 

That was the longest "He can move faster when he is lighter" I have ever seen...

Just a note: In Logan, yes Adamantium acts like a poison in his body but it wasn't the reason he was weaker. It was the anti-mutant genes they were putting on food and water that was killing his mutant cells and everyone's. In D&W, Wolverine is even older than he was in Logan and he doesn't have weakness due to his Adamantium.

In Logan the reason his healing factor was slower was because these guy poisened the food which was destroying the x gene

Officially, Wolverine's claws are depicted as being made of bone, but from a biological standpoint, this doesn't hold up. Bone is not designed for cutting; it's cancellous, highly vascularized, and innervated, meaning it would be incredibly painful for Wolverine to use his claws. Moreover, bone lacks the strength and durability necessary for such a purpose. A more plausible idea would be that Wolverine's claws are composed of a tissue similar to dentine and enamel, substances found in teeth. Enamel is the hardest tissue in the body, specifically designed to endure exposure to harsh environments and capable of cutting and withstand high stress. Additionally, enamel originates from the same embryological tissue as nails, claws, and talons. The decision to make Wolverine's claws out of bone likely stemmed from a lack of understanding of basic biological principles.

The metal skeleton wasn’t a weakness in Logan. I don’t understand where this misconception came from when the movie clearly states that it was CORN SYRUP that was the issue. They genetically engineered corn syrup to have a chemical that nerfs the mutant X gene chromosome that enables the genetic mutations in mutants. Therefore stifling their powers. Adamantium doesn’t rust. It doesn’t corrode. It’s indestructible. That’s the entire reason why Project X wanted Logan in the program. Him aging would only superficially effect it at worse, doing damn near nothing at best.

5:16 its was the anti mutant gmos that war down his healing to the point the metal started to kill him,

I think the wolverine Japan series was one of the best famous comics. When wolverine takes on the silver samurai takes away his powers at the end of the movie no more animantium claws no more healing factor. Changed his life in Japan.

Basically… if he wants to cure himself from Adamantum = Magneto ripping it out his body, which may be less painful as he can manipulate it into a liquid. - Wolverine Prime.

I thought it was the mutant cure put in food that started to slow Wolverine's healing.

I like how the entire video never once addressed the title nor supported it. Never once discussed the full power of the bone CLAWS. Only the difference between the entire skeleton frames themselves.

He COULD walk the bottom of the ocean.. it would SUCK sooooo badly but, he could inch his way to shore

Adamantium makes him more durable but without the adamantium he's more animal like, bigger, faster, stronger, feral, savage, and ofc he would heal faster.

For the last time, in logan it was not that the healing factor was failing due to the adamantium and old age, is that the gene terapy that was going on in America due to the modified crops was suppressing his mutant gene, thus gradually rendering him more human. Wolverine in the comics and movies is now literally immortal thanks to his healing factor. If that remains the same he literally cannot die.

2:12 bro ate a devil fruit LMAO

It isn’t holding him back, while without it he’s faster, he’s not stronger physically, and while his healing is increased, he can still be killed by beheading. Ultimately an incredibly strong healing factor while also physically more capable, and impossible to behead, makes him far more dangerous, his claws can also cut through most things.

I should point out that his extreme healing does have one serious benefit when paired with his insane weight. His strength is likely hundreds of times higher than it normally is. The reason the skeleton doesn’t seem to slow him down that much is because it simply doesn’t. His regeneration repairs his muscles just as fast as the break down meaning his strength is theoretically at the absolute peak of human conditioning. Not just world record level but far past that. So his agility shouldn’t be diminished by much if at all

Wolverine drowning would just slowly walk toward the shore until he made it. AFter all, even if you only get a centimeter before you're dead again, that's a centimeter of progress, and one thing we all can agree on is that the character is driven hard.

Been waiting for someone to do a video on this

Kind of funny how he jumps on enemies in comics and in movies but nobody actually gets just plain crushed under his weight.

The healing factor could extend Logan's life a lot more, if it wasn't for the GMO corn that was developed by Transigen to stop further mutations in humans, as well as dismantle existing mutant DNA in currently living mutants. That's why Xavier developed a degenerative disease.

Being trapped in an endless cycle of drowning, coming back to life, then drowning again over and over again for eternity (or until somehow rescued) is freaking terrifying.

9:09 is where he gets to the point

A good trade off would be covering just his claws in adamantium bc then he could still slice through everything while maintaining his agility.

Bone claws are weaker against metal, do you forget that? And besides, he lost to his brother with his bone claws who he broke with one foot. And trust me when I say this bone is weaker against metal. And besides if he was killing him how come we never saw it on on the movies or animation until Logan?

Wolverine has been a hero of mine for a long time. I have a degenerative bone disorder. I'm nearly 60 and eventually every joint I have will need to be replaced. I've been in pain more or less constantly since I was ten. Now...imagine that I could regenerate most injuries, would never be sick, never break a bone, and would live longer, all for the tradeoff of being unable to swim well. Yeah...where do I sign? I don't like the claws...I don't need to use them.

If wolverine had vibranium instead of adamantium I feel like he would’ve be more dangerous

I remember in the first origins movie he was swimming to reach Stryker’s headquarters tho

So maybe the best compromise between having it and not would be something like, his spine and skull, along with everything below the elbow are covered in adamantium. I see some problems yes, but he won't be so heavy and the very important parts are covered. Maybe ribs too but starting to get a lot in there now

id love that healing factor no claws. living that long would be hard tho

【Sunglasses Pirates】My favorite is One Piece anime/manga, they who have eated a Devil Fruit becoming a power user much like in a same way as in Marvel universe (there is a very powerful magnetic man "Captain" Kid example) and eating the fruit is kinda like Devil's Bargain as you become a "hammer" as you lose your powers like a superman & are rendered immobile in water above the knee while salt water brings even more severe effect as you're said to be "cursed by the sea" for taking this Devil Fruit. Funny to see this water effect on the Wolverine, there is actually one main character Sanji who is a human artificially made mutant/cyborg who has healing factor, exoskeleton and enchanged speed & power who uses only fiery kicks

Yep. Pretty much describes what I know about Wolverine. Great detailed video packed full of explanations! It'd be nice to see a new bone upgraded Wolverine become mainstream. If Wolverine had the power to shapeshift parts of his body like a killing machine in the Prototype video games, he could be something more than adamantium.

I have often pondered on regeneration vs durability. This video steers me towards a combination of both being a happy medium.

In one variant, Logan’s body mutated the adamantium to his advantage: it didn’t drastically affect his weight, and didn’t clog his bones; his body and bones adapted the metal to be what they naturally are (hollow and porous) just reinforced. The “hot claws” concept is the most moronic of all. If his healing factor remains intact, Logan could theoretically live for thousands of years while still being fairly youthful and vigorous.

9:07 I think that if say magneto could pull the adamantium from Logan's bones and say put it back but with more of a lining job to Logan's bones kinda like when ur making a building and u line the foundation with rebar before u put cement down bc if Logan had that instead of a full chrome job then that would give him less weight but re-enforce his bones bc like he said without the adamantium then he has to worry about broken bones and worrying about if his muscles and skeleton can withstand the pressure his superhero life puts him through but like also take the adamantium and coat his claws in them fully that way u have a wolverine who's healing factor isn't strained or held back but the metal poisoning him and u have a wolverine who's less heavy so more agility and stamina with the deadly strength and durability as well as indestructible claws that's how I'd write wolverines problems out of the story without making him super feral and animal-like

But a lot of people don't realize that when a person's bone is broken, it heals it comes back stronger. so I would imagine that Wolverine's bones, when they're broken when he doesn't have the Adam antium would do the exact same thing, but because he's getting them broken more frequently. They would keep coming back stronger and stronger and stronger. To the point where he would be more like doomsday and his bones would eventually get to the point where they're unbreakable. I would love to see the storyline that goes along that factor and see what Wolverine would have become if they had just left him alone and let his bones become stronger on their own.

because of his healing, what a lot of people dont realise is the adamantium made him incredibly strong. And I dont mean he has more weight to throw around, I mean his muscles are crazily enhanced not just because of mutation, but because of the fact he'd have torn them all when standing up with adamantium for the first time. When you add in super healing, any workout he does (like lifting a 300lb skeleton) will enhance his strength permanently.

Imagine a completely feral Wolverine just tanking everything 😭😭

I think adamantium is better cause sure he heals slower but there will be less to heal and his adamantium makes him immune to head shots due to his brain being incased in adamantium and he can't be decapitated because any blade will be stuck on the bone and his claws and cut anything pretty much plus limb removal is impossible so any sword fight is way easier since any hit to the limb will be ineffective as the sword will be stuck on the skeleton

I'm on the fence here myself regarding the with and the without of the adamantium skeleton, but I would like to bring something else up. Laura Kinney aka X-23 and then later taking on the mantle of Wolverine herself, is Wolverine's clone/"daughter" and inherited all of his powers, with the single variation being the arrangement of her claws. Unlike her "father", Laura, while still having six claws altogether, has only two claws that protrude from her fists while the remaining two each extend from Laura's feet. In the "Logan" film, Charlies Xavier attributed this detail to Laura's gender, comparing her to how a lioness is the better hunter. In both the film and the comics, Laura did _not_ have her entire skeleton laced with adamntium like Logan did; _only_ her claws were given adamantium, turning them from bone into sleek indestructible bladed claws This would mean Laura enjoys the advantage of indestructible claws while also retaining the potential of her agility, reflexes, and speed uninhibited by so much adamantium holding her back, and yes, it also means she is not as durable as Logan is Not to mention, becuz there is not nearly as much adamantium in her body as there is Logan's, Laura's healing factor isn't combating as much adamantium poisoning as Logan's is I would also point out that Deadpool's healing factor is held back by a slightly similar problem that Logan has; like Logan's healing factor constantly fights the adamantium poisoning, Wade's healing factor is fighting the cancer he was diagnosed with, allowing Wade to move unhibited by the terminal illness but becuz his factor constantly regenerates the cancer cells along with the healthy ones it's kind of a stalemate. As seeing in the second Deapool movie, Wade, after being fitted with an inhibitor collar, quickly began to succumb to his cancer with the collar canceling out his healing factor and most certainly would have died had the collar not been deactivated, at which point he sprung back up (even after getting his back snapped literally a moment earlier)

5:27 it’s actually due to the corn being altered to make it so mutant powers don’t work. After Logan’s healing was lessened due to the corn, he started getting poisoned by the adamantium.

How did Lady Deathstrike (movie version) live so long with the adamantium nails? Did she have healing too?

How about covering Wolverine's bones with adamantium, than graph his skin with vibranium.

Tom would make a kick ass Wolverine.

his healing factor needs oxygen to work. so killing james with water works just fine

Just found out you have a marvel channel I’m usually seeing you with Star Wars, subbed

Without adamantium: - Fully breakable bones and claws - Lighter on his feet With adamantium: - Unbreakable bones and claws - Subject to manipulation by mutants like Magneto

Nice comprehensive examination of Wolverine's physical attributes. Despite the fans seemingly not taking to the "beastial" Wolverine, I very much enjoyed the Larry Hama and Andy Kubert run, in which Logan lost the adamantium and his bone claws were first revealed. It was a very enjoyable run, though Kubert barely drew enough issues to be considered "series artist".

like he said they can go hand in hand but i feel he would be better with no adamantium

Good video, You made numerous valid point(s)!!! I thought Platelets are responsible for the clotting effect. Red blood cells are responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. I’m not sure if bone marrow is responsible for making all blood cells or just certain types… so there’s that 😅 aren’t red blood cells are also made in the spleen?? So he’d still be good right?

Theoretically, he can still swim because his bones would still be hollow. He’s not just a mega heavy skeleton.

7 extra when he looks at ryan

The difference between Deadpool's healing factor and Logan's is day and night

I always thought Wolverine would be a more interesting character without the adamantiun and with a weaker healling factor. It would force him to dodge and block attacks, show his century old fighting experience. He would be faster, stealthier and above all, he would be able to face Magneto without the handycap of becoming a ragdoll under his powers. You could say his adamantium and healling factor makes him an avengers level character but let´s remember, Hawkeye and Black Widow are avengers and they are just humans with good trainning.

Bone claws are just...creepy. Nobody would read Wolverine if he had plain bone claws. And bone claws can not cut through metal doors, or cars, or planes. Or Ironman armor.

In the Logan movie he was also taking pills to boost his healing during the war of mutants and at the time they have implemented drugs laced with chemicals that dull or can potentially completely negate there mutations which was fighting his healing facter as well and he still borderline had a strong healing factor the over toxicity of the drugs when he reach the crashing end of the drug left the toxins in his body before it could get rid of them before the temporary boost was over, even in the show he stops using them and u can see his healing get better over time (just not soon enough)

My headcannon remains that Logan wasn't actually dying because of adamantium poisoning, because why would a unbreakable super metal also break down into his system. If the metal is as strong as claimed, it would be inert. In order for it to poison him it would factually need to be breaking down at a molecular level and shedding metal elements into his blood. I find it makes far more sense that his healing factor was being diminished by the mutant cure they were putting in grain used to make all the whiskey he drinks, resulting in his diminished ability to produce blood due to the metal barrier. His healing factor allows him to somehow still produce blood despite the fact his bones are impervious, without the healing factor, he has no proof production and his blood will decay.

What if Magneto bound the adamantium to his claws only? Maybe a more balanced results?

Another thing that's never mentioned is the fact that Logan would actually have a silver grill since our teeth are our only showing bones.

For one his skeleton, does not limit him from swimming

I find it odd that you're fishing for people to subscribe at the end of the video and yet you clearly labeled this video in a very clickbait-y way. The worst part is that you really never even gave a reason for the video being labeled this way. What you're talking about, it actually has nothing to do with his claws at all. A more appropriate title would've been something like "Why Wolverine's Adamantium Skeleton makes him FAR weaker than you realize" if you wanted to keep it in line with this same mentality of naming the video. Honestly, I don't want my notifications filled with garbage titles like this, where I don't really know what I'm getting until after I've watched the video. Hopefully you read this comment and consider what I'm saying, because your channel seems good otherwise. I'd even subscribe if it weren't filled with purely clickbait titles like this one.

Technically, he is killable. Blood is created in the long bones. Since his were coated with the metal, and it wasn't addressed to whether or not the epiphysis of the long bones were perforated to allow for newly formed blood cells (erythropoiesis) to enter into the bloodstream & body, he could technically be killed due to exsanguination

He would be savage as the Sabertooth.

God hearing the same WRONG thing,over and over is driving me nuts... Okay so first Logan does NOT die from adamantium poisoning naturally, his healing factor works all the time to counter that, BUT he starts aging and dying when his healing factor is less effective as its shown in Logan (2017) and that was because of the modified crops that were killing the X gene in mutants. the adamantium skeleton gives logan better resistance more strength and pretty much makes him immortal while also preventing his mutation to turn him into a beast but the cons of the adamantium are decreased agility due to the skeleton's weight and being Magneto's toy. In conclusion Logan will always be better off with the adamantium he was made for it.

Super-sharp metal that can't be damaged is going to cut his flesh more cleanly and quickly than his bone claws would. Yes, the adamantium was poisoning him, but it wasn't why he got old and died. There was something in the food that was destroying mutants' powers, that's why he got old and died. If that food poisoning hadn't happened, he could theoretically have lived to be 1000 years old or older and still been fine.

Wolverine is most definitely more deadly and effective without the Adamantium on his skeleton plus he heals way faster without the Adamantium on his skeleton. You are talking straight facts in this Wolverine video.

Would be cool if they just did selected parts like spine, skull and claws that’d be handy, then it protects the important parts and deadly parts (Maybe knuckles would be handy too)

Basically Wolverine is Immortal without Adamantium

_"Beast Wolverine, nah, I'll pass!"_ - Sabertooth

Andimantium is stopping Wolverine from "evolving " just like his brother

Even if they were more powerful in the bone state, despite Adamantium being RAZOR sharp, his bone claws are a lot more vulnerable to be easily broken

just gonna put this here corn syrup his beer boom

Movie Logan's healing factor was not beaten by Adamantium poisoning, it was made extremely clear in the movie that the cure that was placed into the food and water supply was causing his mutation to break down diminishing his healing ability. Logan assumes it's Adamantium poisoning. The Adamantium was never an issue until his healing was nerfed.

he can literally train his bones to ridiculous density levels if he trains, he has super healing, he would literally be fastest, strongest, with ease, because he heals rapidly, so he can have like 100x strength of his own weight in matter of minutes, where person normal, could take decades of hard work

I mean Deadpool can literally be turned into a mushy puddle and still get back on his feet a few short moments later

This video is everywhere. I can't tell which version of Wolverine you are talking about. Adamantium? Bone? Movie? Comic...?

Everyone over saying “In Logan…” when they should be saying “in the comics…”

Raid shadow legends. He went from a legendary attack champion. To a legendary defense champion.

Canonically speaking, he wouldn't have pop his claws in WWII. He had repressed his memory of having them after killing his father and it wasn't until his bones where grafted with adamantium that they popped out. So the time he started using them as weapons would from around the late 60s to early 80s, so he would never have used them in any of the wars he participated in. Also, due to the adamantium bonding and his adaptive regeneration, he had gotten much stronger and faster than he was previously

I felt wolverines feral state was an over correction of his mutant gene and healing ability, making sure it never went through the trauma again. I forgot who and why he gets the metal back later.

What Gave Deadpool his powers is one of Wolverine's only weakness

Seems like the logical move would be swapping out his adamantium for vibranium. As long as it's not poisonous, and I don't think it is, he would absorb any heavy impacts and then release the energy back at bad guys. And the coating technique would probably be more precise, allowing for openings in his bones to allow better blood flow and access between his body and bone marrow.

I would love to see feral Wolverine in the movies.

0:56 imagine the pain you’d feel, and you gotta feel it everytime you take your claws out lmao Wolverine’s the most badass greatest marvel character ever

Imagine a cross between Cap, Logan, Spidey and the MCU Extremis in terms of power set.

The feral form is his animalistic side lashing out after being suppressed by the adamantium for a long time. Hulkerine

Look I think asper I have studied in class 10th in school in bio I know bones are responsible to take fresh blood to red bone marrow to keep it working properly but logan has his bones completely sealed so technically he should have died soon after the procedure cause we all know red bone marrow of wolverine was responsible in giving time his abilities but after adamantium bonding the bone marrow is extremely compromised

Of course, the idea of bone durability limiting one's strength would apply to other superhumanly strong characters as well. So, for instance, Spiderman (who can canonically dead lift 40 tons) must have a skeleton comparable in strength to Wolverine's.

As to drowning: Why couldn't Logan drown? His cells heal themselves, but he's not magically immortal. He needs food, and oxygen. If he were drowned, his lungs could not bring oxygen into his body; his heart could not pump oxygen to his brain; his brain cells would eventually die. It might take longer than with an average person, but he's not "immortal," he has incredible powers of healing. There's a difference. You can't "heal" from a lack of oxygen. Frankly, he should be portrayed as eating pretty much constantly, because he must have such a high metabolism to keep up with all the healing his body does. Your cells cannot simply duplicate without the necessary building blocks. You can't build an infinite tower of legos without more legos; no matter how good a lego builder you are, or how fast: if you run out of legos, you cannot continue to build. Could his body "heal" itself into some form of instant-evolution (which is not how evolution works, not how his mutation works, but extrapolating "healing" to an extreme degree), allowing all the cells in his body to take in nutrients and oxygen directly from the water around him, even though human bodies are not designed to do that? Even filter-feeding organisms have to come up with creative ways of capturing the tiny bits of organic matter that float around in the oceans or lakes of the world. A large, multi-cellular organism, wearing clothes, with a metal-laced skeleton, lying on the bottom of the deep: how are nutrients going to reach his brain? How is oxygen going to reach his brain? Frankly, if he were dropped into Lake Superior, and he sunk to the bottom: his best bet would be to try to walk out. Maybe- maybe- his body would hold onto enough oxygen to allow him to walk along the bottom of the lake, until he could walk his way out. Lake Superior is no joke, though!! Ten thousand years of sediment; not exactly a solid rock bottom. And it's the deepest lake in the world, so good luck! Dropped into the ocean: the depths would crush him. Might not crush his skeleton, but would crush his muscles into jelly. His brain would be smushed inside his metal skull, just by the pressure. Being down there has nothing to do with how "strong" you are, but how adapted you are to that kind of pressure. Logan is strong, but his strength is of a human kind. He's not built like an angler fish or a blobfish or a vent worm. He'd be absolutely, completely, smushed. I think that, if Logan were dropped into a deep body of water like the ocean, or Lake Superior, or something like that: he would die. He would not lie there, awake and conscious, forever and ever, unable to die. No: His brain would cease to function, and he would lose consciousness, and he would die. If, as I said- the deepest ocean: absolute smush, before or after losing consciousness. Maybe- considering he's come back from nuclear blasts and such- if he were found and brought up to the surface, and his remains were given oxygen and some kind of nutrient bath or something, maybe whatever spark of life remained in them would regenerate, and he would come back to life, back to consciousness. It's all fantasy anyway, so anything's possible- as long as it serves the plot.

If Wolverine claws was bones he could swim in the water

Wolverine is a devil fruit user confirmed

that drowning aspect of wolverine is quite scary. it reminds me of that norse....or greek god how had their stomach eaten by crows or something everyday cause they kept being healed.

I think that the animated show said as much that Logan never had the bone claws before the adamantium. They do say that after the stuff was peeled from his bones by Magneto does he become a brutish and stronger Wolverine with bone claws. But before he was using regular metal claws cause he did not have claws before I believe but then also there’s a story about Wolverine took part in WW2 with Captain America. Pulls out some ninja claws to climb some walls so that tells me he doesn’t have claws, not bone claws that become steel blades after the adamantium. How close in accuracy are the cartoon to their source materials, the comics.

It's also a major pain in the ass having to constantly explain the secret military bone replacement procure to TSA agents.

Mind you the adamantium skeleton doesn't make him unkillable. It makes him fracture-proof. Thats all. You just can't break his bones. You can very easily dislocate his limbs or even decapitate him.

Why does everyone gloss over the fact that Wolverine in 'Logan' had likely been consuming an anti-mutant solution that had been secretly integrated into the food and (I think also) water supply? The bad guy scientist admits to doing so.

In theory, if magneto rips wolverines skeleton from his body, his healing factor would just construct a new skeleton, and he’d go back to being agile bone wolverine?

I’ve honestly always wondered what if he just had certain parts of his body covered with adamantium. Like just his claws. Or just as clause hands, spine, certain things like that mainly just his upper half.

If Wolverine drowned and couldn't die, his body would eventually adapt to breathe in water and his muscles would become strong enough to swim with all that adamantium. He would come out of the water with Hulk like strength.

My point of contention is when wolverine slashes at something like metal, bone claws or not because if slashes depending on the angle he would be ripping them out of his hand. Slash downwards could make his claws rip up through the top his hand

Not even a debate at all. Weapon X Wolverine is 100% an upgrade. With the adamantium he can cut and slash anything, he is a literal tank ( mitigate or block any major or massive damage with the adamantium) and his healing factor it's still really strong with the poisoning. Without the adamantium he is faster and more agile but fragile, his bone claws won't be able to cut anything and can break easily and being a mindless beast is as useless as it sounds.