标题: A Wolverine in Transit at Newark Airport to an Alaska Zoo [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 4-18-2015 10:15 标题: A Wolverine in Transit at Newark Airport to an Alaska Zoo Andy Newman, A Wolverine Lands in Newark, and Reinforcement Are Required; A hole in an animal’s cage that ‘was big enough to get both your fists through. New York Times, Apr 16, 2015. www.nytimes.com/2015/04/16/nyreg ... s-are-required.html
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"A 40-pound male wolverine named Kasper was being shipped from a zoo in Norway [old home] to a conservation park in Alaska [new home]. At around 3:30 pm, he arrived in Newark to change planes and go through United States Customs.
"Wolverines, which look kind of like small bears but are actually the largest members of the weasel family, are legendarily vicious. With long, sharp teeth, they have been known to kill animals many times their size, including caribou and white-tailed deer.
Note:
(a) wolverine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine
(view map of range; section 3.1 Diet and hunting)
Quote: "The adult wolverine is about the size of a medium dog, with a length usually ranging from 65–107 cm (26–42 in) * * * The males are as much as 30% larger than the females and can be twice the females' weight. Shoulder height is reported from 30 to 45 cm (12 to 18 in).
(b) badger
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger
(in the family Mustelidae [qv: from Latin [noun feminine] mūstēla weasel] which also includes the otters, polecats, weasels and wolverines)
, is found in Taiwan. See 台灣鼬獾 Melogale moschata subaurantiaca. 華梵大學 (新北市), undated
hfu.edu.tw/~ed/ednews/Melogale/Melogale.htm
("頭頂另有白色縱紋延伸至後頸或肩背。* * * 前爪特長利於刨挖")