A female wolverine has been spot in the Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state with two outfit in tow , denounce the first time wolverines have been seen in this part of the United States in over 100 years . The National Park Service hopes their arrival is grounds of the improving condition of the park , with an ecosystem capable of attracting gravid - run carnivore once more .
Wolverines are typically a bad - to - place animal as they ’re usually lonesome and keep away from humans . They are rarified in the US , with fewer than 1,000 living in the lower 48 United States Department of State , and commonly keep to themselves in mountainous arena . Washington State is not a typical habitat for wolverines , so this off - the - beaten - track sighting is a very exciting development for the species and Mount Rainier National Park .
The discovery was made by the National Park Service in collaboration with scientists from the Cascades Carnivore Project . With the hope that this is the first of many sightings to make out , they have set up cameras throughout the park and are ask the public to describe any wolverine sightings or photograph to the Cascade Wolverine Project ’s website .
“ It ’s really , really exciting , ” sound out Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Chip Jenkins in astatement . “ It tell us something about the stipulation of the park — that when we have such large - crop carnivores present on the landscape that we ’re doing a good problem of oversee our wilderness . ”
They ’re the largest fellow member of the weasel family unit but are so stocky and muscular they often count more like a small bear than its more slimline mustelid relatives . They have a report for being badly - mollify and aggressive but the National Park Service say this reputation is slightly unfair as they are quite shy and so do n’t present a threat to human .
So , if you ’re rosy enough to catch sight of a wolverine while tramping the trails of the Mount Rainier National Park , venerate not . Hugh Jackman ’s portrayal of these problematical animals was really a botched PR problem .
