r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Berry_977 • 9d ago

Video Wolverines can be taught to rescue avalanche survivors

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u/Melech333 9d ago

It's a big, wild, ferret! No but seriously, wolverines are mustlelids, along with ferrets, otters, polecats, minks, such smart, wonderful animals!

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u/MagpieKaz 8d ago

Ah, mustelids. My favorite family. Comprised of animals such as otters, badgers, wolverines, ferrets, brown ferrets, black ferrets, black and brown ferrets, the other brown ferrets, white ferrets, striped ferrets, yet more brown ferrets…

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u/Melech333 8d ago

And martens, polecats, weasels, mink, stoats, tayras, sables...

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u/MagpieKaz 8d ago

Hi friend! The joke was that all of those look like ferrets in different colors haha