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Aug 6, 2023
5:58
:35
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Brisco
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The other day I took this photo of a pine marten in the Uintas. It was eating a road-killed member…
of its own species. Pine martens are in the same family as wolverines, but they’re way more common.
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ROADKILL WARNING: Is this a Wolverine? A Google search tells me only 8 have been seen in Utah since 1979. This looks
scootsy
Only regret? My boneitis.
8/6/23 5:33pm
Porcupine?
the_byu_flash
8/6/23 5:33pm
Maybe. It’s big though. 3 feet easy.
scootsy
8/6/23 5:35pm
Porcupines get that big, plus coloring doesn't look like a wolverine
-C9-
8/6/23 5:37pm
Huh, TIL. Thanks
scootsy
8/6/23 5:38pm
I think their quills are much longer and thicker than what we see in this pic
robin
8/6/23 5:46pm
I guess I'm thinking of the African ones I see at the zoo. This could be the
robin
8/6/23 5:53pm
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4mack
8/6/23 6:04pm
Porcupine
Corn
8/6/23 5:34pm
looks like a porcupine
4mack
8/6/23 5:34pm
Because of the way it is.
Corn
8/6/23 5:54pm
Maybe a beaver?
reppintheY14
8/6/23 5:34pm
That’s no beaver tail.
Brisco
8/6/23 5:48pm
Looks like a porcupine
Scores
8/6/23 5:34pm
So that's where our dog went
-C9-
8/6/23 5:35pm
Porcupine 100%
Backcountry
8/6/23 5:36pm
Beaver. I heard they got run over last week by the BIG XII.
IAmSpartyCoug
8/6/23 5:36pm
It’s a marmot.
Everyman
8/6/23 5:37pm
This is correct
jdub
8/6/23 5:37pm
Isn't it spelled Marmon?
TNT
8/6/23 5:45pm
Only if you're L. Tom Perry
SWKTDweller
8/6/23 7:15pm
Also referred to as rock chucks or whistlers. You are correct
Pine
8/6/23 9:51pm
It needs a Get Well Soon balloon.
Fatalplacebo
8/6/23 5:38pm
Are you . . . . xHC?
RealSimsShadY
8/6/23 8:08pm
I don’t get it. What’s xHC?
Fatalplacebo
8/6/23 8:54pm
That means no. Dang it.
RealSimsShadY
8/6/23 10:40pm
It has rodent teeth
No touching
8/6/23 5:38pm
That is 100% a porcupine.
Probable Sacko
8/6/23 5:39pm
No, it's a marmot
jdub
8/6/23 5:39pm
no, it isn’t. Marmots don’t have quills
Probable Sacko
8/6/23 5:41pm
I don't see quills in that photo. And this is me with a marmot, easily that big
jdub
8/6/23 5:43pm
that’s all well and good. Here is a pic of me roasting a marmot over a fire.
Probable Sacko
8/6/23 5:54pm
Great photos with that Marmot btw. Friendly guy.
Probable Sacko
8/6/23 6:00pm
Great pics.
Backcountry
8/6/23 6:12pm
He waddled up to me and starting licking my shin. I asked my wife: "you're getting this, right?"
jdub
8/6/23 9:47pm
Very cool wildlife experience. Our yellowbellied variety are pretty skittish
Backcountry
8/6/23 10:22pm
Hey, cool! I typically play the role in my family of walking salt lick too!
whirl
8/7/23 6:45am
Marmots don't get to the size he is describing
-C9-
8/6/23 5:42pm
Marmots do get that big, but it still looks like it has quills.
YSMACK
8/6/23 5:45pm
RE: Marmots do get that big, but it still looks like it has quills.
-C9-
8/6/23 5:50pm
RE: Marmots do get that big, but it still looks like it has quills.
YSMACK
8/6/23 5:55pm
Porcupine 100%
Corn
8/6/23 5:51pm
Yep, no question.
Zedhead
8/6/23 6:31pm
It looks sort of like my ex-wife
Belboz
8/6/23 5:42pm
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Buffalo
8/6/23 5:51pm
I've been remarried to someone else for 21 years so it's no loss
Belboz
8/6/23 6:40pm
Did she re-marry?
Brisco
8/6/23 6:10pm
Yeah. Married the guy she cheated on me with
Belboz
8/6/23 6:40pm
What animal does he look like?
Probable Sacko
8/6/23 9:36pm
RE: What animal does he look like?
Belboz
8/6/23 10:37pm
Incisors give it away, no way it's a wolverine.....it's gotta be a porcupine or marmot, but based on coloring - porky
CLCougar
8/6/23 5:42pm
That is a porcupine. Definitely not the claws of a wolverine.
YSMACK
8/6/23 5:43pm
Also, doesn't look like a Marmot based on the tail.
YSMACK
8/6/23 6:13pm
That looks nothing like a wolverine. I’ve see one up close. That looks like a marmot.
JohnnyComeLately
8/6/23 5:44pm
Agreed. I've also seen marmots up close
jdub
8/6/23 5:45pm
To be fair, I was doing 60mph past it. All I saw was “big rodent”
scootsy
8/6/23 5:45pm
Wait. You took that photo while doing 60?
TNT
8/6/23 5:46pm
No. I called my BIL who was following 10 minutes behind me and told him to get a pic
scootsy
8/6/23 5:48pm
RE: No. I called my BIL who was following 10 minutes behind me and told him to
TNT
8/6/23 5:49pm
This reminds me of that scene from Hot Rod
Carnac
8/6/23 5:53pm
The other day I took this photo of a pine marten in the Uintas. It was eating a road-killed member…
Brisco
8/6/23 5:58pm
Very cool.
YSMACK
8/6/23 6:04pm
Rare sight. Very cool
Backcountry
8/6/23 6:29pm
Here is a pic of a marmot vs a porcupine.
JohnnyComeLately
8/6/23 6:25pm
Here is also a picture of a porcupine
YSMACK
8/6/23 6:33pm
That's a great picture
Belboz
8/6/23 7:10pm
Wombat
machete
8/6/23 5:48pm
Pac12
panacablue
8/6/23 5:50pm
Sadly, this was a roadkill wolverine and it had a tracker on it, and he had covered about 200 miles recently
Osteotome
8/6/23 6:00pm
That sucks
Backcountry
8/6/23 6:06pm
The officer looks happy
TNT
8/6/23 6:07pm
Where was it at?
scootsy
8/6/23 6:11pm
Yakima River Canyon. Was in Rainier area previously.
Osteotome
8/6/23 8:50pm
Rub it on your face. You’ll know what it is then.
My Fingers Hurt
8/6/23 6:19pm
You can see porcupine quills.....
Penske Material
8/6/23 6:19pm
This is a wolverine and it doesn’t look much like it…
Billie Ruben
8/6/23 6:31pm
Here's some uglier ones. Still doesn't look like it.
IAmSpartyCoug
8/6/23 9:56pm
RE: ROADKILL WARNING: Is this a Wolverine? A Google search tells me only 8 have been seen in Utah since 1979. This looks
Colorado
8/6/23 6:56pm
Does it have sharp teeth or beaver/rabbit teeth?
BYU Grounds
8/7/23 8:10am
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