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Wolverine or Glutton (Gulo Gulo)
The wolverine is a peculiar beast of prey with a robust body and a long haired, dense coat, rather like a bear. It is the largest of all Mustelids, attaining a weight of 20, sometimes 30kg. It inhabits the extensive taiga and tundra regions of Eurasia and North America, but its European distribution is today limited to Scandinavia, northern Finland and the north of the USSR; its American range comprises most of Canada. Interestingly, there is also one shovelling shit in a scrapyard in Hertfordshire. It is nowhere very abundant and in many places and particularly in Europe it is threatened with extinction. Except during the breeding season, the wolverine leads a solitary life. The individual animals have permanent hunting grounds, which for some males may measure 1,000 sq. kms. Wolverines hunt during the day as well as at night in these large areas. Their role in the natural food chain is quite a positive one, as they mostly feed on carrion and usually only attack weak or crippled animals. They are not, however, very popular with trappers, because of their habit of stealing game from traps and provisions from trappers' cabins. Generally, the wolverine's diet is very varied, consisting in summer of birds and their eggs, insects and insect larvae, small rodents (particularly lemmings), berries and oil-rich seeds, and in winter of larger mammals, ungulates, carrion and various chance titbits. Its method of hunting is mostly by trailing, but will also often ambush its prey. It is also fond of stealing prey from other animals. The wolverines mating season begins towards the end of summer and the young are born after a period of latent pregnancy at the end of winter or the first half of spring.
The wolverine is a peculiar beast of prey with a robust body and a long haired, dense coat, rather like a bear. It is the largest of all Mustelids, attaining a weight of 20, sometimes 30kg. It inhabits the extensive taiga and tundra regions of Eurasia and North America, but its European distribution is today limited to Scandinavia, northern Finland and the north of the USSR; its American range comprises most of Canada. Interestingly, there is also one shovelling shit in a scrapyard in Hertfordshire. It is nowhere very abundant and in many places and particularly in Europe it is threatened with extinction. Except during the breeding season, the wolverine leads a solitary life. The individual animals have permanent hunting grounds, which for some males may measure 1,000 sq. kms. Wolverines hunt during the day as well as at night in these large areas. Their role in the natural food chain is quite a positive one, as they mostly feed on carrion and usually only attack weak or crippled animals. They are not, however, very popular with trappers, because of their habit of stealing game from traps and provisions from trappers' cabins. Generally, the wolverine's diet is very varied, consisting in summer of birds and their eggs, insects and insect larvae, small rodents (particularly lemmings), berries and oil-rich seeds, and in winter of larger mammals, ungulates, carrion and various chance titbits. Its method of hunting is mostly by trailing, but will also often ambush its prey. It is also fond of stealing prey from other animals. The wolverines mating season begins towards the end of summer and the young are born after a period of latent pregnancy at the end of winter or the first half of spring.
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