The wolverine's scientific name is
Gulo Gulo, which means something in Latin. It is a Mustelid! It is also sometimes called the Skunk Bear, Devil Bear, or Carcajou, which is pidgin French. It could translate as "because that game," but it probably doesn't. A wolverine will eat anything it can catch or find, so watch the fuck out. A typical female weighs around 25 pounds, and the male is about 10 pounds heavier because of his adamantium-laced skeleton.
Though the wolverine is Michigan's state animal, it has not made its home there for a long time. A DNR officer sighted and photographed one in Huron County earlier this year, but if you ask us, there was something was fishy about that whole episode. We're not calling the dude a liar or anything, we're just saying that the most recent prior confirmed sightings were by fur traders in the late 1700s and early 1800s. So if you see a wolverine in the wild in Michigan, you are very lucky! At least at first, before it crushes your larynx with its powerful jaws and licks the flesh clean off your skull with its coarse tongue, at which point it will be too late to start being careful what you wish for; think about that.
The wolverine is also the University of Michigan's mascot, which is the reason why the school athletic teams are called "the Wolverines." University officials first chose the feisty, furry fissiped for its ferocity, but now because of political correctness they have to say they keep it to honor the rich traditions of wolverine culture, and wolverine contributions to Michigan history, and their legendarily frost-resistant pelts.
If you look at different versions of the school logo through history, you can see how older cartoon-style images of wolverines mocked the racial characteristics of the species by emphasizing their teeth and claws. In the 1920s and '30s, the U of M wolverine was always depicted angrily snarling, and sometimes wearing a hat. In recent years, the school has opted for more naturalistic portraits of wolverines, in some cases commissioning the illustrations from wolverine artists.
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