[Youngblood]

Pound for pound, the members of that family ( badgers, wolverines ) are the meanest creatures on God's green earth. Best to leave them alone if they're in the vicinity.

Indeed. If you want to see some spectacular mustelid action (mustelids being members of the weasel family, of which wolverines and badgers are the giants), dig out the BBC Wildlife programme called "Stoats in the Priory" (its narrated by Sir David Attenborough). They filmed British stoats (known as the short-tailed weasel/ermine in N. America) single-handedly killing and dragging home rabbits that were four times their weight and size (stoats are smaller than squirrels!).

[furball4paws]

Kind of makes you wonder how a dachshund ("badger dog") can handle a badger?

On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin ......... (enough)

[an amused spectator]

They filmed British stoats (known as the short-tailed weasel/ermine in N. America) single-handedly killing and dragging home rabbits that were four times their weight and size (stoats are smaller than squirrels!)

You learn something new every day on FR. I've read English literature which referred to stoats in an offhand manner (T.H. White, among others, I think) and I always thought they were referring to some tamer creature. Geez, now I gotta re-arrange my ganglia.