How A Wolverine Taught Me To Live

I saw a documentary this evening, on wolverines. Yes, wolverines.

These animals are so radically awesome, I thought I needed to write a post about them! Trust me, if your mind is starting to wander already, there is something to be learned here, so stick with me!

Basically until today the only wolverine I had ever really heard of was from X-men. Now I know why they named an action figure after this crazy animal.

Here are 5 cool wolverine features that I could use more of in my own life.

1. They don’t back down from a challenge.

Wolverines average 30 lbs and they have been known to take down a moose solo. They face grizzlies head on and if a mountain is in their path, the just climb over it. No going around, they face it head on.

They almost have superhero type strength and endurance.

2. They keep moving.

4 mph is the normal constant speed for a wolverine. They will often run 40 miles a day to get where they are going and they get there fast. They don’t labor or waffle. They just keep moving forward, onward.

3. They have attributes of a bear, a cat, a weasel, and a skunk and yet, they standout from all of them as wildly different. 

In other words, they are hard to define, put a finger on. They are almost indescribable.

I like indescribable, or at least taking a long time to describe. It’s like the person that you can’t stop telling people about but you just can’t quite put your finger on why you like them so much, you just do.

It’s cause they are incomparable.

4. They eat bones

Wolverines thrive in the coldest of cold northern climates. They will scavenge in the snow to find dead animals killed in avalanches and devour the whole carcass including the bones.

In other words, they know how to bear down and take advantage of the lean times and don’t complain when they only have a bone to gnaw on. After all, that bone will get them through the winter!

5. They are like phantoms

People track wolverines for years and often never even see one. They are rare, they stay on the move, and live in such remote areas that they have gone fairly unstudied because of it.

I think there is something to be gained by staying a little mysterious and phantom like.

It is refreshing to talk to people who remain somewhat of a mystery. They unfold slowly with time and trust that is built with a deep relationship. They open as a flower does in spring.

So there you have it. Learn from anything and everything!

I never thought I would write a post about wolverines. But hey, I learn from anything and everything! Maybe my next post will be about dirty socks and why they make me happy, who knows?! 🙂

Question: What about you, what is the strangest topic you have ever written on? (Please include a link.)