Camera Spots Wolverine in Sierra Nevada

[XemaSab]

A research project aimed at weasels has turned up a bigger prize: a picture of a wolverine, an elusive animal scientists feared may have been driven out of the Sierra Nevada long ago by human activity.

The discovery could affect land-use decisions if the wolverine is declared an endangered species, a step the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering, although the animals typically live at high elevations where there is limited development.

A graduate student at Oregon State University, Katie Moriarty, got a picture of a wolverine recently on a motion-and-heat-detecting digital camera set up between Truckee and Sierraville, in the northern part of the mountain range.


http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j3EON_dSoEuegcjics9BBdZbV2qAD8V7SUV82


(The original picture is at the link, I tried to post it here and it didn't work :( )

[davidinalameda]

1. I was thinking comic book character

it's been a LONG week for me

[stahbrett]

2. Here's another pic

Just kidding... but I can't link to that image either, so I substituted.

[stevedeshazer]

3. That's fantastic

the wolverine is an incredible animal, all joking aside from previous posters.