Wolverine (Gulo gulo). Photo © Tambako The Jaguar · Flickr · CC BY-ND 2.0

The wolverine has been photographed surprisingly frequently for such a rare and inaccessible species.

The attraction is mystical, symbolic and personal rather than aesthetic, biological or objective.

There has been a psychological identification of the wolverine with the inner beast – the mastery of which makes its photography not just an illustration but an end in itself.

Figure 1. A wolverine (Gulo gulo) in the snow [photo from Endangered Earth]

Robin and the Honey Badger, 22 March 2016