Ranking The 5 Deadliest Mustelids From Least Deadly To Deadliest

Mustelids are an extremely diverse group of mammals and they are known for being immensely tenacious and feisty.
These animals can come in many different forms and they each play a different roles in their ecosystems and seem to have their own unique set of skills.
Some prefer to get their paws wet and hunt for aquatic creatures, Some are expert diggers and try to unearth their prey, and others are impressive land predators.
In today's video I will be going through some of the deadliest mustelids in the world and I will be ranking them from least deadly to deadliest.
Chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:47 Sea Otter
3:27 American Badger
5:41 Giant Otter
7:59 Honey Badger
10:20 Wolverine
Attributions
Mustelid family opening images:
Christoph Moning
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_...
CC BY 4.0
Wich'yanan Limparungpatthanakij
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CC BY 4.0
Volker Röhl
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CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
Colorado State University Libraries
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CC BY-SA 4.0
Tony Hisgett
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CC BY 2.0
Sea otter images:
Mike Baird
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
CC BY 2.0
National Marine Sanctuaries
www.flickr.com/photos/onms/
CC BY 2.0
MUSE - Science Museum of Trento in cooperation with Wikimedia Italia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_ott...
CC BY-SA 3.0
American badger images:
Marshal Hedin
www.flickr.com/photos/2366085...
CC BY-SA 2.0
USFWS Mountain-Prairie
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Public Domain
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
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CC BY-SA 2.0
Jon Nelson
www.flickr.com/photos/jondavi...
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
susanhuntphotography.com
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CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Yathin S Krishnappa
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CC BY-SA 3.0
Joshua Tree National Park
www.flickr.com/photos/joshuat...
PDM 1.0
Eurasian badger images:
Christof Bobzin
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CC BY 3.0
Giant otter images:
Paul Williams
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CC BY-NC 2.0
Bernard DUPONT
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CC BY-SA 2.0
Thomas Fuhrmann
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CC BY-SA 4.0
Mamíferos de Colombia
www.flickr.com/photos/1543308...
CC BY-NC 2.0
Honey badger images:
Steven Tan
www.flickr.com/photos/maethlin/
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Derek Keats
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CC BY 2.0
Wolverine images:
Susanne Nilsson
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CC BY-SA 2.0
Carine06
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CC BY-SA 2.0
zoofanatic
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CC BY 2.0
Sea otter footage:
Ingrid Taylar Foto
vimeo.com/653456370
CC BY-NC-ND
Vancouver Coastal Sea wolf images:
A.Davey
www.flickr.com/photos/adavey/...
CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Sea otter prey images:
Ed Bierman
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Iri...
CC BY 2.0
Alexander Semenov
www.flickr.com/photos/a_semenov/
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Giant octopus footage:
NOAA Sanctuaries
/ @sanctuaries
American badger and coyote images:
USFWS Mountain-Prairie
www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmt...
CC BY 2.0
Coyote image:
Brad Lanam
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CC BY 2.0
Giant otter audio and footage:
Natventure Expeditions
/ @natventurexpeditions
I have edited and adapted some of these clips and images.
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Thanks for watching I hope you enjoyed :)
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelidae
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_otter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_o...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_b...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolverine

Пікірлер: 139

  • @bonesawmcgraw9728
    @bonesawmcgraw972812 күн бұрын

    Video idea: Animals that governments hunted to extinction. Examples include the Tasmanian Tiger, Japanese wolf, Caspian Sea Tiger, Barbary Loin.

  • @Timsmith13911

    @Timsmith13911

    12 күн бұрын

    This list is a multi parter

  • @Zelaot

    @Zelaot

    12 күн бұрын

    balinese tiger and javanese tiger were both hunted to extinction by the dutch occuping Indonesia 😭😭😭

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    yeah i did a similar video to this not too long ago and i found it very interesting. I'll see if i can do a part 2 in the future :)

  • @brianc9374

    @brianc9374

    12 күн бұрын

    bob gymlan has a greaat vid on the japanese wolf

  • @seanhewitt603

    @seanhewitt603

    12 күн бұрын

    Plains bison

  • @billsmith5166
    @billsmith516612 күн бұрын

    Mustelids are some of my favorite animals.

  • @TheKaidynB
    @TheKaidynB11 күн бұрын

    Fun fact: Sea otters were recently spotted on the Oregon coast for the first time since the early 1900’s!

  • @WokeJudgement-cv9oi
    @WokeJudgement-cv9oi12 күн бұрын

    You are right on, except I would replace the Sea Otter with the "Fisher". It has the agility of a Marten, the speed to catch a squirrel in the trees, or, a rabbit on the ground or kill a porcupine while avoiding the quills.

  • @silveytd625
    @silveytd62512 күн бұрын

    Mustelids are definitely the most underrated Carnivora group in the mammal class.

  • @JohnDrummondPhoto
    @JohnDrummondPhoto12 күн бұрын

    I'm glad the giant river otter made this list. They're so often forgotten for the terrors they are.

  • @LashLeRoux.1
    @LashLeRoux.112 күн бұрын

    Wolverines may not have the strongest bite force but they can chew through frozen meat and bone.

  • @seanhewitt603

    @seanhewitt603

    12 күн бұрын

    They eat every part except the hair and teeth.

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    11 күн бұрын

    @@seanhewitt603 Wolverines eat hair and teeth too. They have earned their scientific name "Gulo gulo", which means “glutton” in Latin.. They have even eaten porcupine quills, which often lodge in their digestive track and have caused fatal infections.

  • @seanhewitt603

    @seanhewitt603

    11 күн бұрын

    @@dunringill1747 nope, they cannot break down the teeth or hair. The Only two body parts literally not worth swallowing, they aren't digestible, by anything living. That's why there are teeth of every kingdom in the fossil records.

  • @seanhewitt603

    @seanhewitt603

    16 сағат бұрын

    @@dunringill1747 they can't digest the hair or teeth.

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    15 сағат бұрын

    @@seanhewitt603 Don't believe me, web search it for yourself. They are called "glutton" for good reason.

  • @robertfletcher3421
    @robertfletcher342112 күн бұрын

    Pop goes the weasel. I knew when the started, Stoffel would make an appearance.

  • @austinlee4156
    @austinlee415612 күн бұрын

    Sounds like we need to Introduce the American badgers back into the environment

  • @jerryamescua
    @jerryamescua12 күн бұрын

    Yellow throated marten could be honorable mention. Not the biggest but they are ferocious

  • @broccanmacronain457

    @broccanmacronain457

    12 күн бұрын

    All of the small Mustelids are some of the most ferocious animals pound for pound.

  • @donysabtyo0403

    @donysabtyo0403

    12 күн бұрын

    I heard that Yellow Throated Marten can take down Sambar fawn, kill adult Langur monkey, and would chalenge Indian Leopard is that true??

  • @An_Actual_Rat

    @An_Actual_Rat

    12 күн бұрын

    @@donysabtyo0403 Seen them do things like the first 2, but I wouldn't bet on them regularly challenging leopards. They don't live in India but I know amur leopards are willing to kill and eat them so any challenge would probably be in self-defence, as with honey badgers who also rely on intimidation in order to survive.

  • @donysabtyo0403

    @donysabtyo0403

    12 күн бұрын

    @@An_Actual_Rat they lived in India too but mostly on northern parts (somewhere near Nepal)

  • @An_Actual_Rat

    @An_Actual_Rat

    11 күн бұрын

    @@donysabtyo0403 Ah I see, there's a tiny sliver of population there. My mistake!

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds858112 күн бұрын

    Out of curiosity, haven't we discovered that there used to be giant Wolverines and other types of Prehistoric Mustalids? I could be wrong would make for a awesome topic to cover tho if there is substance there

  • @petrschejbal8756

    @petrschejbal8756

    11 күн бұрын

    We don't talk about prehistoric mustalids...they are scary

  • @benmcreynolds8581
    @benmcreynolds858112 күн бұрын

    I love Fisher's, Sables, Wolverines, common river Otters, honey badgers, pine Martin, Mink, Stoat, American badgers, etc. Etc.

  • @ultimate_animal_showdown
    @ultimate_animal_showdown12 күн бұрын

    Wolverine my beloved ❤️

  • @traviswillden

    @traviswillden

    12 күн бұрын

    I like wolverines too, in fact it's one of my favorite mustelids.

  • @ultimate_animal_showdown

    @ultimate_animal_showdown

    10 күн бұрын

    @@traviswillden it’s my favorite mustelid and one of my favorite animals in general

  • @traviswillden

    @traviswillden

    10 күн бұрын

    @@ultimate_animal_showdown cool

  • @mikehillas

    @mikehillas

    10 күн бұрын

    They punch above their weight.

  • @Martiancookiehunter365
    @Martiancookiehunter36512 күн бұрын

    Not to mention there's an urban legend about the wolverine that one managed to escape from a zoo enclosure and snuck into a polar bear exhibit where it managed to kill one of the polar bears by clamping down on it's throat and suffocating it wolverine's are not to be messed with

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    Yeah i keep seeing this rumor, i wonder if there's any truth behind it?

  • @Martiancookiehunter365

    @Martiancookiehunter365

    12 күн бұрын

    @@TsukiCove Honestly with how tough they are it wouldn't surprise me

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    12 күн бұрын

    It's been a long time since I've read that report so I'm going to get some details wrong. This zoo was located somewhere in Europe. The incident was in 1926, or '27? It happened overnight. The next day - the wolverine was found uninjured in the bear enclosure along with the dead polar bear with a crushed windpipe. - There have been 5 other unsubstantiated reports of wolverines killing polar and grizzly bears. Those were in the wild. - In every case the cause of death was the same - bears with crushed windpipes. - I read those reports long ago - they are hard to find. If memory serves, the earliest report was from 1912(?), or 1916 (?). The last was sometime in the late 1950's. - Again, these reports are unsubstantiated and should be taken with a grain of salt. However, some of these reports have been made by professional field researchers & forest rangers - those must hold some merit. - What IS SUBSTANTIATED: On occasion, wolverines have initiated attacks and driven away bears (all the known NA species), wolves, mountain lions, lynxes, & bobcats from food and territory. Most of the time, wolverines avoid bears, mountain lions, & wolves because they can kill them. It is also substantiated that wolverines have killed lynxes & bobcats.

  • @TonyL2567

    @TonyL2567

    11 күн бұрын

    @@TsukiCoveI looked into this “urban myth” and found no actual documentation on it, it was supposed to have happened at a zoo in Germany, but there are no newspaper reports or any eye witnesses.. I maybe wrong but I’m pretty sure it’s just a myth probably made up by fanboys

  • @crazydrummer181
    @crazydrummer18111 күн бұрын

    I live near North American river otters, the smaller version of the giant river otter. I often see them while fishing and they’re impressive hunters. I live on the Gulf Coast and they actually inhabit brackish/saltwater. They munch on crabs like candy. They make huffing sounds when they spot me. They also grunt and make bird like sounds.

  • @martykitson3442
    @martykitson344212 күн бұрын

    I've never seen one in the wild but i live in the wolverines home range, they are legendary, good choice for #1

  • @donysabtyo0403
    @donysabtyo040312 күн бұрын

    Mustelids, my fifth favorite animal family after Primates, Big Cats, Canids, and Ungulates

  • @Acornhat
    @Acornhat12 күн бұрын

    I think there’s a story that a wolverine once took down a polar bear

  • @donaldseigel4101
    @donaldseigel410112 күн бұрын

    Very good video, excellent list. I would recommend a second list with the Tayra, Yellow Throated Marten, Fisher, Grison, Longtailed Weasel, and European Badger.

  • @arashkhoshghadamnia376
    @arashkhoshghadamnia37610 күн бұрын

    Before going down, a wolverine attacked by a wolf pack can inflict serious injuries even causing some of them to bleed to death or infection.

  • @alexismartinez8343
    @alexismartinez834312 күн бұрын

    ❤️💖 Love ❤️ this video 📹. 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️

  • @Redneckkratos
    @Redneckkratos12 күн бұрын

    12:16 I mean....... I suppose the Arnie could pull off being a wolverine

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    he wouldn't know what it is but he'd want to chase it haha

  • @Nirmal-qo8gw
    @Nirmal-qo8gw12 күн бұрын

    Nice informative video Tsuki 🙂👍😲. Mustelids are so interesting😲.

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    thank you i precipitate it :)

  • @benjamincornelio6204
    @benjamincornelio620411 күн бұрын

    12:05 Yo, that straight up vault over the other Wolverine was one of the most athletic feat I've ever seen! 😂

  • @Accentor100
    @Accentor10012 күн бұрын

    Great video and I agree with this list.

  • @broccanmacronain457
    @broccanmacronain45712 күн бұрын

    Badgers are on my coat of arms.

  • @robandcheryls
    @robandcheryls12 күн бұрын

    Great Job

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    17 сағат бұрын

    thanks i really appreciate the support :)

  • @PuffPiastri
    @PuffPiastri12 күн бұрын

    Wolverine is one little bastard I would not like to see. Ferocious!

  • @RomulusTheWild6693
    @RomulusTheWild669312 күн бұрын

    Maby the fisher of North America they along with the yellow throated Martin of eurasian, are a true force to be recond with

  • @trethomas9202
    @trethomas920212 күн бұрын

    Amazing video as always

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    thanks for the support :)

  • @GOJIRAEDITZZ555
    @GOJIRAEDITZZ55512 күн бұрын

    Love the video

  • @johntodd3910
    @johntodd391012 күн бұрын

    Video idea ranking the l10 of the largest animal migrations Species included Grey whale Atlantic salmon White bearded wildebeest Arctic tern Greater flamingo Humpback whale Cape buffalo Caribou Gelada

  • @johnthompson1437
    @johnthompson143712 күн бұрын

    an enjoyable video!

  • @Planetsandminecraftfan
    @Planetsandminecraftfan12 күн бұрын

    Cool

  • @1TakoyakiStore
    @1TakoyakiStore10 күн бұрын

    I remember watching an episode of Marty Stouffer's Wild America as a kid and I remember a very brutal fight between an american badger and a wolverine.

  • @eric1scooby
    @eric1scooby12 күн бұрын

    Video ideas. Largest frogs

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    i think i might've done that already? I'm starting to lose track of videos haha

  • @AnimalsVehiclesAndMore

    @AnimalsVehiclesAndMore

    12 күн бұрын

    He already did that. Although, I would like to see a video about the 5 deadliest birds (or living Dinosaurs, if you want to get technical) in the world.

  • @CJ-BZ
    @CJ-BZ12 күн бұрын

    can’t talk about *deadly* mustelids and not talk about stoats, minks nor martens. I’d definitely have them above sea otters 😅

  • @T3nch1
    @T3nch111 күн бұрын

    The American Mink [Neogale Vison] and the Domestic Ferret [Mustela Furo] deserve honorable mentions, even though they aren't particularly deadly or vicious in the wild they are easily domesticated and have been used for hundreds to thousands of years as pest exterminators for rats, mice and rabbits.

  • @Reppintimefitness
    @Reppintimefitness12 күн бұрын

    Giant Otter best team

  • @tvbnine793
    @tvbnine7939 күн бұрын

    I love the mutualism between American Badgers and Coyotes. They're pretty much the Bebop and Rocksteady of the American plains. And out of all my taxonomic orders, Carnivora is my favorite with Crocodilians being a close 2nd. Such amazing and powerful beasts garyeeblablablaaaaa

  • @raymondsmith2040
    @raymondsmith204011 күн бұрын

    If it's a stocky legged mammal that constantly rides the line between tenacious and downright crazy it's probably a mustelid.

  • @AKITARESCUEUK
    @AKITARESCUEUK12 күн бұрын

    Video idea [evolution of canids ❤❤ love your videos long time fan

  • @goodbyesheesha
    @goodbyesheesha11 күн бұрын

    I once walked into a North American badger while walking home, and I didn't get anywhere close, but it was SO aggressive. I live in wolverine territory, so I wasn't expecting... that. It puffed up SO big and was SO loud. They don't fuck around. (been luckier with wolverines in terms of not getting aggression-close)

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    11 күн бұрын

    We have decimated so many wolverines over the centuries that we have completely altered their behavior (especially around man). Wolverines living today are far more cautious and timid compared to wolverines even 70 years ago, much less 200 - 300 years ago.

  • @goodbyesheesha

    @goodbyesheesha

    11 күн бұрын

    @@dunringill1747 It really depends on the area. I don't, personally, know much about wolverine behaviour in Europe. I live south of the arctic circle on the western coast of North America. And they're just wolverines.

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    10 күн бұрын

    @@goodbyesheesha Humans have successfully altered the basic behaviors of many intelligent animals we clashed with. Both the NA and Eurasian wolverine subspecies have been hunted incessantly for their valuable pelts. Their more "bold behaviors" have been "weeded out of them" over time. They have known for a very long time it's better to avoid man. Also of significance is their need for vast areas of land to hunt on. This land often holds valuable raw resources for man as well. Money talks - which indirectly means we won't recognize any subspecies past the 2. If we recognized more subspecies, it would mean better laws of protection for wolverines and their hunting grounds. That would mean less raw resources and pelts for us.

  • @Vikface1978
    @Vikface197811 күн бұрын

    Always nice to see Arnie at the end… if you added a few more seconds of him that would be nice 👍🏻

  • @macfiercesome
    @macfiercesome12 күн бұрын

    The Yellow throated marten could have got on the list perhaps,

  • @SquatchStomper
    @SquatchStomper12 күн бұрын

    I've never seen a wolverine or a honey badger, but I've seen river otters those little dudes are ferrous.

  • @osirun6572
    @osirun657212 күн бұрын

    Wolverines are absolute tanks. Just search wolverine vs caribou. A single wolverine fucks up a caribou thats probably 8 times its size.

  • @prasetyodwikuncorojati2434

    @prasetyodwikuncorojati2434

    12 күн бұрын

    Its a nice thing if that beast never reported attacking any human. But who knows if they ever since their habitat have very sparse human population, thus few folks can spreading the news

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    11 күн бұрын

    @@prasetyodwikuncorojati2434 Humans have killed so many wolverines over the centuries, we have completely altered their behavior as a species. It's a scary thought but the wolverines that live today are much more timid and cautious compared to wolverine behavior even 70 years ago, much less 200 - 300 years ago.

  • @sailormoon9792
    @sailormoon97927 күн бұрын

    Loved your vids, and also I really missed your old intro😢

  • @nilanjanachatterjee9023
    @nilanjanachatterjee90233 күн бұрын

    Excellent video 😊

  • @gerrimilner9448
    @gerrimilner944812 күн бұрын

    What we call sea otters around the coast of UK, are just the regular European otter (Lutra lutra), they are just choosing to live at the beach not in a stream

  • @allencampbell8322
    @allencampbell832211 күн бұрын

    Very good clip

  • @JayCBR1100xx
    @JayCBR1100xx11 күн бұрын

    You forgot the Domestic Ferret, easily the deadliest animal to any pair of shoes, stuffed animals or cat toys. Also will steal almost anything they can get their teeth around and hide it from you for however long they feel like.

  • @alexismartinez8343
    @alexismartinez834312 күн бұрын

    ❤️💖 Hi Tsuki, I have an interesting idea 💡 for your potential next video, how about 3 African Animals That Would Destroy South America. I believed that the hippo 🦛, the Nile crocodile 🐊 and the honey badger 🦡 could destroy the ecosystem if they were accidentally reintroduce to Amazon/South America. Although maybe leopards 🐆 and chimpanzees 🐒 could be added too on the list. I don't know. 🌍🌎 What do you think? 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️

  • @arkprice79

    @arkprice79

    12 күн бұрын

    I like this idea

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    ooooo I like this idea, I already have my next video idea but i'll use this idea for the one after. Thank you :)

  • @arkprice79

    @arkprice79

    12 күн бұрын

    @@TsukiCove great

  • @philjohnson6660
    @philjohnson666012 күн бұрын

    I feel like the fisher should have been included in this list

  • @WildVS
    @WildVS11 күн бұрын

    Honey Badger are badass

  • @erikm8372
    @erikm837212 күн бұрын

    They’re the feistiest group of carnivores. My fave probably. One day I will have some ferrets, and give them the most amazingly enriching lives. 😊 The title could just be "Deadliest family of carnivorans, period". 😂 Other than larger mustelids like giant otters and wolverines, badgers, martens, etc., so many of them embody that "Chihuahua" energy, a "big dog in a little dog’s body". Except mustelids actually go through with what they’re intending. A tiny stoat will kill a rabbit significantly larger than itself. Black-footed ferrets going after entire colonies of prairie dogs, which all have gnawing, iron-enameled bucktooth incisors. Dangerous being a mustelid! 🤣 Although lions and canids are fearsome by nature, and can take down larger prey, it’s typically done in groups, like with lions, painted dogs, wolves, dholes, etc. Same with hyenas. Other felines, for example, are stealthy solo hunters, but tend to pursue more appropriately-sized prey for them to handle. Yes, lynx do prey on roe deer, and even larger deer species’ calves, which is impressive, but even that still seems appropriate to their body size. It doesn’t quite compare to a yellow-throated marten boldly attacking a killing a rhesus macaque, or a honey badger taking on a cobra, irreverently. 🫤 Or sea otters, eating stinging and spiny sea urchins, or giant otters scaring everything in the Amazon (including people, jaguars, pumas, caiman, and ocelots, lol). It’s like they go for the most obscene or oversized prey possible, compared to their own body size, and are generally successful! I love mustelids!

  • @jcpenny3606
    @jcpenny36068 күн бұрын

    I could agree with this list. If the wolverine and honey badger switch places, the wolverine would be more capable of killing Africa's top predators where as the honey badger has a better chance at surviving North America's predators. Wolverine is designed better for offense (bigger, stronger, and faster than the HB) while honey badger is more durable on defense (nearly bite and scratch proof skin).

  • @johntodd3910
    @johntodd39108 күн бұрын

    Can you do a video on all nine leopard subspecies And a rank on most least to most deadly bovids Includes Wild yak Takin Wild water buffalo Gaur European bison American bison Cape buffalo Spanish bull

  • @ezracohen3859
    @ezracohen385910 күн бұрын

    idea for another one top 5 deadliest rodents

  • @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
    @ahmedshaharyarejaz988612 күн бұрын

    There used to be a Giant Otter as big as a Lion in Africa during the Ice Age.

  • @amx1820
    @amx182012 күн бұрын

    If weasels are the size of rottweilers they might be able to kill lions and black bears😅

  • @calibadgerdude6082

    @calibadgerdude6082

    12 күн бұрын

    lol yeah. If weasels or stoats were larger, they would be absolute menaces to the food chain in general. Those things are vicious and highly successful predators and they don’t know when to stop killing. They’ll kill things even when they’re not hungry or if the already have food available.

  • @caesertullo1824
    @caesertullo182412 күн бұрын

    if an otter gets rabies would it also get hydrophobia? Or would it's evolutionary instincts/ high intellect overcome that symptom?

  • @ahmedshaharyarejaz9886
    @ahmedshaharyarejaz988612 күн бұрын

    Harder to Catch, Easier to Dispatch.

  • @AndrewDavis-sj6mb
    @AndrewDavis-sj6mb11 күн бұрын

    Those type of mammals can be lazy, have SERIOUS boundaries

  • @markc6207
    @markc620711 күн бұрын

    Should do 10 - 6 now

  • @fenderboy68
    @fenderboy6811 күн бұрын

    There must be a greater force in the Universe because if the Honey Badger grew to the size of a Leopard, we wouldn't exist

  • @williamandrews4251
    @williamandrews425112 күн бұрын

    What is the wolverines weight?

  • @TsukiCove

    @TsukiCove

    12 күн бұрын

    I think around 32KG is the maximum

  • @Pugiron
    @Pugiron12 күн бұрын

    Highest body count goes to the river otter, by far.

  • @FanaticOfMedia44
    @FanaticOfMedia4412 күн бұрын

    Never back down never what ?

  • @matthewwelsh294
    @matthewwelsh29411 күн бұрын

    Really the biggest enemy of the Wolverines are the Buckeyes 😂

  • @carld9451
    @carld945110 күн бұрын

    The weasel family should be classed as super predators there's nothing that can take them on really pound for pound they are relentless in the persute after there prey and they will also take orther predators out of the game fishers have been known to kill bob cats and linxes the Fisher is a member of the weasel family the really are the kings of the animal world

  • @p5eudo883
    @p5eudo88312 күн бұрын

    Geez... wolverines can take down bison? Is this a single occurrence? Or has this happened repeatedly? Was it a "got an artery and it bled out over a few hours" situation? I just find it hard to believe a wolverine would take on a bison, much less kill it.

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    11 күн бұрын

    Wolverines tend to go after the young, the old, and the weak (from sickness) when it comes to bison. It's the same with moose. With that said, there is an impressive record of a wolverine's largest kill (that we know of) being a moose. It was a 1,800 lbs. adult male moose. The autopsy report of the moose carcass showed no sign of illness.

  • @Hammydavis
    @Hammydavis7 күн бұрын

    So there’s no wolverines in the lower 48 didn’t know that

  • @al145
    @al14512 күн бұрын

    Ketchup or Mustelid on your hot dog?

  • @J242D
    @J242D12 күн бұрын

    Honey badger way overrated imo, it has durability but lacks in damage. Id take fighting one of those over a river otter

  • @calibadgerdude6082

    @calibadgerdude6082

    12 күн бұрын

    Yeah. Their power comes from their sheer stubborn aggressiveness. It doesn’t matter to them if they can’t reasonable kill something that attacks them, they’re going to fight irregardless of their chances. Most larger predators can easily kill one, but not without taking substantial damage in the process. Preds are not going to press an attack on something that stands a good chance of hurting them, especially when they’re not large enough to provide a substantial meal. The risk:reward just isn’t in the favor of other predators.

  • @dunringill1747

    @dunringill1747

    11 күн бұрын

    There is this silly fantasy that people believe a honey badger would take down a wolverine. That is like saying a coyote takes down a wolf. Like all other mustelids, honey badgers are impressive way beyond their own weight class, but they are still animals. Fantasy is fun, but it should never replace fact.

  • @ahmedbelton8139
    @ahmedbelton81394 күн бұрын

    No bear or wolves kill healthy wolverines, never documented

  • @redwolfcorprevamped8266
    @redwolfcorprevamped826611 күн бұрын

    Sea Otters ****** Baby Seals.

  • @brianveitch7707
    @brianveitch77073 күн бұрын

    Sea otters aren’t mustelids.

  • @aviancypress5181
    @aviancypress51817 күн бұрын

    What happened to your older videos? Where you break down species by country.

  • @TonyL2567
    @TonyL256711 күн бұрын

    I watched a least weasel in the uk kill a rabbit which was probably 4 times it size