I'm sitting here in my office looking at about 40 cleaned wolverine skulls I collected over the years. To see one with teeth (especially canines) in that shape is extraordinary, in my opinion.

Jack

40 skulls on display sounds pretty cool. How about showing us a big male that didn’t have a good dental plan? Ak Vikings gulo with perfect teeth is cool but the old gnarly chompers are cool too. I shot a wolverine one time with a broken canine. The broken piece was pushed up into the gums. That must’ve hurt.

A bit astray but bears can have bad dental plans as well.


Osky

Looks like a gold nugget!

That is one vicious can opener right there

Jack

Cool skull. Looks like he ate a few moose femurs in his time.

And your wolverine in the trap is awesome too gulo. Gets my vote for best desk ornament of all time.

Thanks Ryan. Figured you'd not miss that.

I think Chuck needs to take a break from carving traps and do a gulo skull.

I always wondered if the animals that break into cabins get rotten teeth faster from eating sugar and syrup and other sugary stuff. I know town wolves have rotten teeth at a young age from chowing down at the dump . I think they wear their chompers down really quick in sandy areas too. How much does fall berry season speed up tooth decay.

Amazing, the things learned with trappers .

Ryan, you mentioning breaking into cabins !

WCT magazine had me do this true story image of gulo who specialized in tearing off trim on cabins , then , with surgical precision peeling out the single pane glass to get into numerous cabins. After raiding the pantry , eating bags of flour, sugar, chomping into canned goods, everything , he would find a sofa or blankets, and lounge on them for hours , until taking his leave

He became known in the area and after a long time with unsuccessful trying, he did finally get caught. By that time, some who admired himself felt actual remorse in his capture and demise.

To raid cabins in such ways, eat everything, and love lounging on the sofa with blankets , was surely a unique fellow, indeed .

I had fun with this one, though done many years ago.

Thank you all for your info on this amazing animal. I am fascinated by them , along with marten of the world.

The bear I show above came from an area with primarily agriculture, corn, sunflowers, and soy beans are the primary foods. The Bears I take here in the bush don't have nearly the dental rot.

Osky

The skull of the grizzly I posted above was killed by a bison . He was just out of the hole in the spring and trying to do what he had probably done many times before. He just didn't have the tools to do the job any longer.

FWIW, the bison was dead also, about a hundred yards away.

Now THAT is a confrontation I would have wanted to see.

Osky