“I feel like messing around with a bear today”

You must be a Weasley.

They are built to take down stuff that’s bigger than they are.

I dont think it can kill a gorilla or chimp though

Now remember that there were much bigger mustelids at some points in prehistory (such as the 120-pound Megalictis from around 23MYA). Imagine what those could do.

I think the word you need is tenacity (not resilience).

When it circles around the reindeer between attacks in first half of the video, it's like dark liquid on the snow...

the agility and resilience of that deer is unreal..

Apparently not enough to withstand constantly getting your face ripped apart

You should see a stoat on a rabbit

Yep... I'd seen enough too

Randomly just decided I needed to see how a wolverine might attack, this did not disappoint.

This is the first time I've seen a video of a wolverine attacking its a huge prey

There used to be a better quality video years back where an exhausted reindeer got stuck in deep snow and a wolverine jumped on its back and started eating it alive, but that footage seems lost... I can only find this: i.imgur.com/bdNo36d.jpg

Here's some newer footage from Alaska: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h-Cfa8mlud2aeps.html

I would think so. After running a trap line up north for years I've only seen two. One taking a kill from wolves and one through a scope Very very rare to see them

"That face creature" you mean face huggers from alien franchise, those are some nasty toxic bastards

Happy for the Wolverine to get his meal ;)

They are called forest devils for a reason. ANYTHING they want is food. They steal food from ANY other predator , yes that includes grizzly black bears and wolves

​@@daveherman4546 Wolverind failed to kill the deer

Your comment made this video so much scarier 😣

MAGGOT VOMIT stop lying you weren't even there

Whoever you are you're a clown

MAGGOT VOMIT I imagine you as the reindeer getting attacked by the wolverine

Adrian Abundiz why so angry

@nordhorny The reindeer suffered serious injuries to it's neck according to the description, it's gonna die sooner or later and the wolverine will be watching and waiting.

we don't know because our cameraman decided to stop filming , asd;lfj

Wish the reindeer would've been able to trample the wolwerine for good.

@@sakuraitonen5886 why?

@@sakuraitonen5886 Then the wolverine probably died from hunger if he failed to hunt.

So interesting how the aggression in animals causes them to stay in fight mode. The deer had more then one chance to attempt to flee, but he stayed. Should of used his horns and back legs more! Or just bounced out of there as fast as he could ! Or tried!

@MN R No kiddin'? Who knew?

@MN R That's my evil twin.

That is outstanding!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Honey Badger is the clone of X-23, who was the clone of Wolverine.

John Ortmann you should have said hold my deer 🦌 in this case. No bud intended.

Brozius ... plus ...relentless !!

It is unbelievable...apparently they have killed bears 😲

SEARCH "YT WOLVERINE IN MY YARD" see what EXCELLENT NEIGHBOURS WOLVERINES CAN BE....I'm not sure about chicken coops I suppose it would be too overpowerfully tempting a smell and sounD! Ya Think??

Wolverines are the literal bosses of the animal kingdom

@KaMau Mau 😂

Especially for an animal nicknamed "the Glutton."

academyofshem That’s also what it’s Scientific name means (Gulo gulo).

The wolverine is never hungry

Its not hunger that motivate predation, but opitunity. If the wolverine was hungry before he starts hunting, he will be weakened. Thats the order of nature.

Wolverines are motivated by pure ferocity.

Lol

The father of the Mustelidae family, it has raised the others alongside the ratel to be bloodthirsty madmen.

The Glutton!

Ivan the Terrible

Saying something coming from a Khorne worshipper... :P

Honey badger’s meaner cousin

Reindeer, not an Elk.

@@smithkelsey9293 You're right, Reindeer are smaller than normal Elk

@@roastchicken401got bigger antlers than an elk and is a lot more adapted to cold weather

​@@martinh1309 Less adapted to Wolverines I guess.

Len Fabich It most likely did, yes. The reindeer ran away with its head down, bleeding severely, and the wolverine probably followed the blood trail later.

Hopefully this is what happened. A lot of times, as reindeer herders will tell you, the wolverine will tear out the neck tendons of the reindeer and leave it like that so it suffers a long, painful death. I love wolverines so I wish this was not true but it is.

Did the Wolverine look injured? He definitely took a few kicks.

Reindeer are free roaming. This happens in nature. You're not very familiar with nature, are you?

kokumaru, I think you've watched too much Disney movies! The nature is "eat or be eaten". Lions eat their preys while they are still alive sometimes, bears eat salmons while they are alive, many fishes eat swallow smaller fishes alive. It cruel, but it has been like that since almost the beginning of life. The deer wants to survive, but the wolverine too. If he doesn't kill, he doesn't eat

like the UNCANNY x-men?

Wolverines have broad paws that act as snowshoes for superb mobility on loose snow. It gives them an upper hand over over carnivores in winter.

deer/ungulates fight more with front legs than antlers antlers are not year round. I wouldn't want a kick like those..

fkin prick analogy.

The horns are not for fighting other animals. They're antlers and are for mating. They grow out based on the nutrition the reindeer has been able to gain in a season. A well-nourished reindeer will have big antlers thereby convincing a cow to mate with him.

very good for a deterrent or inneresting get away in thought.

Haha- Khabib the Dagestani Wolverine! 😜

Haha she Cheated on ur Beta ass

Lmdaooo

My name Is nobody .....and just like a Wolverine thank god she’s no longer messing with ya

kysike666 ....you got that right now she’s with a new beta who resembles my ass

Big E ....right! She forgot to lock her phone. Remember if you suspect they’re cheating the phone says it all.

quem?

Hahahahahahah yo igual

Quien vergas es ese

Probably your last day.

The battery in the camera and the deer will wear out before that Wolverine does .The deer been laid on it's side a couple times in just this footage .

Lmfaoo

Myself I would have tried to help by killing the wolverine...

And that makes you part of a huge problem, Pattie. It makes you a completely useless member of the world, destroying things just because you don’t like it.

Pattie Holliday : Then the Wolverine will tear you to shreds.😑

I wonder if that reindeer was someone's livestock.

Pattie Holliday you get arrested for killing a wolverine in Norway

It's looked like a young wolverine. Weight of a young wolverine is about 8 to 10 kg. The reindeer there was adult female with estimated weight 70 to 80 kg. Weather there was wolverines weather. They kill a lot of reindeers in weather like that. And because the weather it is wery rare to see wolverines attack. Adult 13-20 kg wolverine can kill reindeer with one bite to neck. Young ones need practise. Wolverine can bite trought every bone of reindeer easily. Even bear respects those jars with letting hungry wolverine eat first.

Has to be at least 5x the size

Thank you! We were extremely lucky getting this footage. The deer probably died later though, it bled severely from its neck when it got away.

I believe that a wolverine would have no problem taking out a healthy big one

@@nikolaie8011 I subscribed because this vidwo is rare

pretty sure the wolverine killed the big buck. You could plainly see how exhausted it was and the wolverine kepts going for the neck and eyes... even if it got awway it probly died shortly after with the wolverine close behind waiting for an easy meal.

Unfortunately, the wolverine will sometimes kill the reindeer for fun.

@J0NNYBOY Except that's not true. Surplus killing falls across almost all predator species. Wolverines may or may not fall in that category. It hasn't been documented but since it's in the weasel family they most likely do. They don't hunt for entertainment. They're omnivores, and are known to scavenge. They don't "kill the reindeer for fun" Ever.

Sorry, I'm confused by your comment. Are you saying they most likely surplus kill but not for fun? I don't know why you said they're omnivores. I don't see how that applies to this conversation.

Sheep Creek Lodge Wolverines will store food. If they don't eat it, they save it for later.

That is nature either way. Prey often kill their predators. Don't be a moron, they have to eat.

Grisooon🙌

Alto capo

Genio

A Finnish Aston villa fan? Ok then.

I have heard that they even kill moose like this. Thats like over 40 times its body weight

@@xfdfff2620 That is accurate, but not a healthy free moving moose. It would have to be trapped in deep snow, or with a broken leg, and can't move properly...but they do kill moose.

@@justplainbrad7713 possibly, but even then its still very impressive

​@@xfdfff2620 - No doubt, this is an impressive creature, for a 30+ lb animal. It's a first for me to see one do this to a mobile animal. Caught a video years ago, of a decent sized bull moose with a broken/trapped leg, and a wolverine going at it's throat, in 3 ft of snow. They are a capable killer, but the time it takes to kill, makes for a brutal ending.

i know of a guy who was almost killed by a house cat

Oh my... back in 90s I only had some cd encyclopedias with history, animals and dinos. It would be mind-blowing to have access to KZfaq!

if the wolverine has to fight that hard to get food, you should feel sorry for the wolverine too. no doubt you eat meat. you're worse as you don't even kill the meat for yourself.

Lions dont attack a full grown rhino

Mate, I am sorry, but I don't think it lived long after this. Bites and scratches in the wild are dangerous, they have no antibiotics or way of cleaning their wounds.

That reindeer was literally fighting for its dear life, OF COURSE it would give everything it's got! When your life is in danger, there is no reason to hold back.

He got injured in a blizzard with a wolverine walking in his tracks. He most definitely did not live through this.

I don't know if you watched till the end, but it looked like he was tiring and likely didn't go home after that. Edit: Nah I'm dumb, I didn't read the description

@@loremipsum980 the wolverine probably ate it later and fed it to his wife and kids.When male wolverines or any mustelades have family,they will go for hunting no matter how large the Harvibore is.

Not really, there are some videos of lone wolves killing reindeer fairly easily. If it's a small pack of 3-5, they go after reindeer. If it's any bigger, they take their chance and go for bison.

No at all watch this lone wolf easily kill a caribou by itself kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMqGfNuEndrLiYE.html look how long it took the wolverine 🙄

@@alphaarx3055 yeah so it took a while. Doesn’t change the fact that the Wolverine killed it.

@@alphaarx3055 I'm far more impressed with the wolverine. The size, weight disadvantages it's not close. The wolverine was locked on

@@alphaarx3055 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gdZknMZmsLqvknk.html So apparently they can as well. Damn that wolf

Small winter weakened deer

@@Alekosdw does that make it less impressive that a 50 lbs predator is able to do this?

S O Ramirez Not really seeing as the reindeer has no energy from low food sources while the Wolverine has free choice on any animal seeing as it’s a carnivore , but the deee can barely move out of the deep snow ❄️ The deer has all the disadvantages in this instant

@@Alekosdw and yet, I doubt a lone wolf OR cougar could pull this off.. The cougar by ambush could take this deer down.. but highly doubtful it could just go up to this deer and kill it.. every part of nature is impressive, in its own way.. The wolverine certainly deserves its rep..

@@Alekosdw yeah, weakened by the wolverine. They are known for attacking prey and letting them bleed out as ut did in the video. The difference is, this wolverine kept attacking it.

They'd be extinct.

@@tannerhuxtable6118 why?

@@dinoluka11 they'd kill everything and then die of starvation . . . although I wouldn't put it past them to become herbivores. :huehuehuehuehue:

I don't think that wolverines take on bears. They can fight back if they're attacked by a bear, but they wouldn't actively fight one

Yeah, this is absolutely amazing

Stoats, relatives of wolverines (basically tiny weasels) have the biggest record for weight of predator to weight of prey ratio. 258 grams of stoat can take down 5 KILOgrams of hare, and they typically eat the whole hare in one sitting. That's about the same as you killing a cow by punching it then eating the entire thing in one sitting.

@@stewartgames6697 holy crap that's amazing. Thank you for sharing

They take on bears from time to time lol.

Seen them yell at bears, never seen them try to fight them though. lol

Haha, their strenght compared to body size is insane, main reason why these cool little creatures are my favorite animal haha. But also a reason why there are so few left... Think too much of them selves, lol.

Their numbers were doing better, but it's legal to hunt them in some places, and kill them claiming they messed with cattle. Hopefully they'll survive, they are remarkable animals. Also one of my favorites up there with the wolf.

Whiteboy Chris And win too, A small target can easily win against a big one, especially if it is as strong as a wolverine.

Wolverines are one of the most tenacious, best stamina hunters and trackers on the planet. Everything they hunt will tire out before they do. When the reindeer runs away, and it will, the wolverine will track it down and repeat the lunge attacks, eventually the reindeer will tire from blood loss and exhaustion and be killed.

Deer is defenseless comparing to humans.

@@ghenkhoash2440 ????? unarmed we would stand no chance against a wolverine. It has claws which is like trying to fight someone who has a knife in both hands plus they are more agile.

@@earthphoenix7068 First of all their claws are not knives! and in the video it's not using it's claws to fight the deer. Humans' fist punch and kicks are deadly for an animal that size.

@Ghen Khoash huh what are you talking about. Wolverines have sharp claws and teeth. Even a dog can kill a human and you think wolverines can't?!

@@sathishtravensky7741 I don't think that's what they meant, but it's not like a human can't kill a wolverine. Our ancestors dealt with way worse.

Nah they are not

I am just thankful they filmed at all, and then uploaded to youtube for all the world to experience. Props to OP

Wolverine takes the fittest reindeers first. Weak ones can die without any work, wolverine knows that fact. They don't use energy for the lowfat diet.

@Umwelt No its not a Caribou shithead its a reindeer

@@smedleybutler1969: caribou is what they call reindeer in North America, it's synonymous with reindeer.

Don’t be asshole

Wolverines are not in the weasel family

@@ambriadaniels-dovolis7496 Yes, they are. They are mustelids, and the term "mustelidae" is derived from the Latin word "mustela", which literally means weasel. Another name for mustelid is weasel.

I thought they were from another genus but you are correct Naim :)

Where is here

Are you joking? @ Halo :-P

10-7 round in favor of the Wolverine