In Montana’s Gallatin National Forest a wolverine treads a deer path moving silently over a thick carpet of ponderosa pine and grand fir needles Following its nose the wolverine reaches the remains of a moose carcass Tearing at the carcass is a young grizzly bear that pauses to eye the intruder The wolverine does not back away Driven by hunger it instead charges the bear which is four times its weight With a lunge
the wolverine snaps at the bear’s nose The startled bear roars and swipes an enormous paw at the wolverine but the wolverine is quick to bite at the bear’s ears and lips The bear tries to fight back but is battered by its opponent The continued harassment is too much for the bear and it retreats into the forest leaving the moose carcass to the wolverine which dives face-first into the moose’s shattered ribcage
