More trouble for RichRod? Michigan's last wolverine dead
The only known wolverine in the wilds of Michigan has been found dead in the Thumb area, near where it was first spotted in 2004...
Subscribe to Penn State Clips via EmailThe female wolverine was found by hikers at the Minden Bog in the Minden City State Game Area Saturday.
Todd Rann of Marysville and Morgan Graham of New Baltimore spotted what they thought was a dead beaver, partially submerged in the water near a beaver dam. Rann pulled it from the water and realized it was a wolverine. The pair called the Report All Poaching hot line. Department of Natural Resources and Environment Conservation Officers Seth Rhodea and Bob Hobkirk responded immediately and retrieved the animal.
[Clips comment: We're pretty sure this was the conversation before the hikers pulled the dead wolverine from the water: "Hold my beer and watch this!"]
The officers reported no visible signs of trauma.
DNRE wildlife biologist Arnie Karr, who originally verified the animal was a wolverine after it was treed by coyote hunters in 2004, said the carcass will be sent to the DNRE veterinary lab for necropsy. The department plans to have the specimen mounted and displayed, probably at the visitor center at nearby Bay City State Recreation Area., Karr said.
The animal was the first wolverine ever actually verified in Michigan. Biologists say that if wolverines were ever native to Michigan, they were extirpated about 200 years ago.

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