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Crazy engineer electrifies Wolverine's claws
2013-06-05 22:30:00| CNET News.com
Someone who calls himself the "hacksmith" gets a little power-hungry with Wolverine's favorite weapon. [Read more]
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Climate change threatens wolverines; protections proposed
2013-02-01 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Citing shrinking mountain snowpacks as a result of climate change, federal wildlife officials are proposing to list wolverines as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The animal, which resembles a small bear with a bushy tail, needs deep mountain snow to reproduce. Females give birth from mid-February through March in dens they excavate in alpine snow, typically using them until late April or early May. Global warming, which will diminish snowfall and cause earlier spring melt, could...
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U.S. seeks to list wolverines as threatened, cites global warming
2013-02-01 23:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The U.S. government on Friday proposed adding wolverines, feisty but rare members of the weasel family, to the federal threatened and endangered species list because global warming is reducing the mountain snows the animals need for survival. Fewer than 300 wolverines, solitary creatures said to resemble small bears with bushy tails, are believed to exist in the lower 48 United States, where they mostly inhabit the high country of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Washington state. The reclusive...
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