If a man armed with a baton were to fight this creature who do you think would win?

[bigslab]

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[t-8900]

I caved scraps with bigger and smarter critters. Trust me men are the most dangerous critters you'll ever face off against. Especially when the have guns and knives. The one good thing is most lack of he balls to use them when the time comes. I've wrestled boxers, putties, titties, and Germans to the ground quite handily with bare hands. No afraid of a tussle with a wolverine. Besides I'll be wearing thick layers and I'm not above sacrifice an arm to drive that b*tch down with foreaem I'm the man mouth while squeezing it's jugular with my strong hand.

[t-8900]

Omg this keyboard sucks so much ass! Boxers, pitties, rotties, and German shepherds. Rot in hell autocorrect!!! 😡

[Nightroads]

Never known a guy that faired well against a wolverine. If it gets the drop on you, less chance of walking away. With a baton and forewarning, easy enough to walk away from.
When i was a kid there was a jogger that came across a dead brown bear and a dead wolverine. Fish and game determines they killed each other in a territorial conflict. Wolverine was 1/5 the size of the brown bear.

[horatiohornblower]

Wolverines chase bears and mountain lions away from kills. They are immensely powerful, tough and armed with sharp teeth and claws.

The baton is a horrible hunting weapon. If you got a good crack in. You might stop it. But if it gets to you first. It's going to tear you up really bad.

At which point you're going to be panicked and off balance. Likely landing ineffective body blows. Maybe breaking some ribs. While it's moving real quick and low to the ground. Making it tough to hit.

You might take it out eventually. But without immediate medical intervention. You aren't likely to hobble very far before you collapse and bleed out.

People just don't realize how slow and weak we are. Without any effective natural defensive weapons. What makes us so formidable is our intelligence, proper hunting weapons and a group response to track down and kill any animal which harms one of our own kind. Making them naturally fearful of us after a few generations of the bold ones getting wiped out by humans.

[BluishGaze]

Most badger/weasel types like these tend to have very tough skin and a stubborn temperament. They can take a beating.

As for humans, I don't think we give our species enough credit.
A fairly average adult male would likely overpower a wolverine with his bare hands alone if he's determined enough. Giving him a baton would only make him more deadly.

The only hope the wolverine has is to attack two points. The neck, or—gulp—the genitalia. With humans being bipedal and towering so high up, there's very little chance the wolverine will land a successful bite to the man's throat, especially with his two lanky-but-powerful human arms so ready to deflect. As for biting and mutilating the man's weewee, well... even if it can manage to get through articles of clothing (like jeans), and the man starts bleeding out, he'd probably still have more than enough time to dispatch the wolverine before succumbing to shock.

Yeah, my money's on the human... but he's is not coming out of this fight without several nasty bites and gashes.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Even without any weapon, a man (who is generally much larger) has the size & strength to hurt or kill the disadvantaged Wolverine. Armed with a baton increases the Wolverine's disadvantage. I certainly hope there are no intentions to harming or killing an animal minding it's own business.

[bigslab]

What if I asked a similar question but replace wolverine with wolf?

[bigslab]

not that I have any intention of doing that sort of thing it's just purely hypothetical

[MTC29]

Firstly, there is not a critter on this planet that humans haven't found a way to kill. Forget about guns, I'm talking about prehistoric days using spears. Saber tooth cats, enormous mammoths, dire wolves, huge cave bears... yeah, we wiped them all out, and with nothing more than pointed sticks.

As for the wolverine... you'll get roughed up, but you'll come out on top.

[Oigit]

Ah the wolverine. A honey badger who loves the snow. My favorite animal of all time.
Hell the wolverine would win against me because I'd be fighting the urge to pet it and probably completely forget about the baton.

[dustybiker]

Uh, leave the poor thing alone. Slowly back away.