Driving With Ferrets - coming soon to the Sci Fi Channel.
Posted on 04/15/2015 11:44:33 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Somebody call the X-Men.
A 40-pound wolverine escaped from its metal carrier at Newark Airport and had to be shot with a tranquilizer dart, officials said Wednesday.
The male European wolverine broke out of the carrier around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday inside a transport van. The wolverine was en route from Norway to Alaska through Newark, officials said.
A veterinarian from the Bronx Zoo tranquilized the animal so he could be safely moved to a secure carrier. Wolverines are part of the weasel family.
The wolverine is owed by the Alaska State Zoo, which had a representative traveling with the wolverine. There were no injuries.
The wolverine escapades happened on the same day as cops in Manhattan caught and tranquilized a wily coyote near a Chelsea churchyard Tuesday morning.
Cops tranquilized and collared the critter after they were alerted by passersby at the Holy Apostles Church on Ninth Ave. and W. 28th St. about 8:45 a.m., officials said.
Patrol cops kept an eye on the beast until Emergency Service Unit officers arrived.
“He was a large, full-grown coyote,” said ESU Detective Robert Mirfield, a 17-year NYPD veteran. “Very strong. He was in good health.”
The ESU cops eventually managed to hit the coyote with a tranquilizer dart laced with Ketaset.
Better stay away from him. He’ll rip your lungs out, Jim...
My son had that game when he was a little kid, but the hippos were made of plastic.
Your version of it looks a lot more realistic.
Driving With Ferrets - coming soon to the Sci Fi Channel.
The same could be said for many Swedes I've met over the years
But I digress....
You may see a wolverine, but I see a fox. Animal ID was never my strong point, however.
In every picture of Sammi that I found it looked like battle was imminent. A tiny ferret scares me more than a big dog.
Don't blow in their faces. That's a BadThing(tm).
/johnny
He was probably enroute to Ann Arbor.
It’s a wolverine, they owe it however much it fricking asks for!
..’’ I’d like to know his tailor!’’.
Newark...worst airport ever.
Norwegian wolverines could only improve New Jersey, bring them on!
“Gee, what if that thing escapes?”
“That’s OK. We’ll take it through Newark.”
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