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APNewsBreak:Feds:Warming imperils wolverines
Yahoo ^ | 2/1/2013 | MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

Posted on 02/01/2013 11:01:18 AM PST by mdittmar

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The tenacious wolverine, a snow-loving carnivore sometimes called the "mountain devil," could soon join the list of species threatened by climate change — a dubious distinction that will put it in the ranks of the polar bear and several other animals that could see their habitats shrink drastically due to warming temperatures.

Federal wildlife officials on Friday will propose Endangered Species Act protections for the wolverine in the lower 48 states, a step twice denied under the Bush administration.

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I'm freezing out here,move me to Hawaii you dummies!

1 posted on 02/01/2013 11:01:20 AM PST by mdittmar
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To: mdittmar

I don’t know. Aren’t they currently ranked #1 in ncaa Hoops?


2 posted on 02/01/2013 11:03:34 AM PST by FlJoePa ("Success without honor is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good")
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To: mdittmar
I dunno,

The Wolverines seem to be doing just fine in Basketball this Winter.

3 posted on 02/01/2013 11:03:53 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: mdittmar

If this keeps up, in a few years they’ll have more “wolverines” than they can handle.


4 posted on 02/01/2013 11:04:28 AM PST by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: FlJoePa
I dunno, I could only find 3 and 4:


5 posted on 02/01/2013 11:07:09 AM PST by Lakeshark (!)
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To: mdittmar

Bull Obama.

Anyone who believes the excrement coming from the bat-eared-b@stard’s clown group is probably an MSNBC viewer.


6 posted on 02/01/2013 11:08:34 AM PST by Da Coyote
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To: mdittmar
Warming imperils wolverines

Badgers respond, "So, what's the problem?".

7 posted on 02/01/2013 11:11:04 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets (What word begins with "O" and ends in economic collapse?)
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To: mdittmar
Not surpised that the Feds would be worried about Wolverines.


8 posted on 02/01/2013 11:12:50 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: mdittmar

WHAT WARMING??? Data says no warming for past 15 years.


9 posted on 02/01/2013 11:20:11 AM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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To: FlJoePa
Okay, found a few 1's....


10 posted on 02/01/2013 11:23:34 AM PST by Lakeshark (!)
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To: mdittmar

and here I always though that Urban Meyer imperiled Wolverines.


11 posted on 02/01/2013 11:33:10 AM PST by rod1 (CTLY)
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To: mdittmar

Anybody who ever survived an in-person encounter with one will tell ya THEY CAN’T GO EXTINCT FAST ENOUGH!!!


12 posted on 02/01/2013 11:47:33 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: mdittmar

Dis Michigander says bring it on.


13 posted on 02/01/2013 11:54:36 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: mdittmar

Yep, many’s the winter I’ve seen the wolverines out making snow-wolverines in the snow. Laughing and cavorting.....maybe having a snowball fight or two. They love the snow, them wolverines. Oftentimes, they’ll build a snowwolverine and put a cap on it. Usually the cap comes from a skier they’ve eaten.


14 posted on 02/01/2013 1:00:02 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: mdittmar

Throw one AP reporter and a wolverine out in the wild, and very slowly increase the temperature by 3 degrees Celsius (over 100 years, or whatever the current guess is).
Which do you think will be better equipped to survive?


15 posted on 02/01/2013 1:24:19 PM PST by Chad N. Freud
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