26 2 / 2012
biomedicalephemera: Glutton or Wolverine (Gulo gulo)
Wolverines and other mustelids have an upper molar in the far back of their mouth, that’s rotated 90 degrees towards the inside of the mouth. This lets them rip flesh off of frozen carcasses.
The ability to eat animals that have starved to death, frozen, or otherwise died in the winter is one of the main characteristics that allows the wolverine to not hibernate. The fact that they can bring down large ungulates like elk doesn’t hurt their survival chances.
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