A second wolverine has been photographed in the Sierra Nevadas of California.
The first one was captured on a baited trailcam station in 2008 as part of a study on martens. The location was north of Lake Tahoe on the Tahoe National Forest near Hobart Mills Road. They since set up a number of hair traps and they caught hair samples of this same wolverine a number of times. It’s a male, and genetic testing showed that he came from Idaho. It’s not known how he got from Idaho to the Sierras. He’s been apparently looking for a mate in the area, but he hasn’t been able to find one.
This one was photographed in May at Lake Spaulding, ~25 miles away from Hobart Mills Road to the west. It’s not known whether this wolverine that was photographed is the same one as was snapped at Hobart Mills Road. A hiker went into the backcountry for a three hike all alone and saw the wolverine booking it across Lake Spaulding’s frozen surface. He snapped a photo of it as it was running past. Biologists on the forest are very excited about this sighting.
A somewhat more recent(last year) documented sighting was up the road a bit in northern Oregon at a baited camera trap. Not aware if any comparisons were done between the two pics but it would be simultaneously interesting/deflating if it turned out to be the same wolverine. Such nomads . . . Cheers!
Little known fact: Wolverines have huge cocks.
True?
Of course not.
What about you Nominay???
Hello just wanted to state that we now have wolverines in Indiana. I live in a forested region 15 miles from the Illinois line. We have several lakes here and a creek running thru. In recent years have ran across a male and female. Came close to running into the male with my car on a gravel road. The female dug a den in the side of a 60 foot cliff over looking my lake. Observed her for a few weeks coming and going making improvements on her den. From my research I have found that Indiana ws once this animals biota several hundred years ago.
Very nice. Why didn’t you photograph this wolverine for me? Or why don’t you photograph them.
Yes, they did use to live there, of course.