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10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Wolverine

Wolverine - that lean, mean, yellow slicing machine - is one of the biggest, most popular names in Marvel's roster. For decades, he's been the fanbase's favourite X-Men member and his success has been through the roof since Hugh Jackman began playing him to critical and commercial acclaim throughout the ongoing film series.

3) He Has Ridiculously Enhanced Senses

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Wolverine’s natural talents are pretty impressive too, though. Even Spider-Man’s spider-sense or Daredevil’s super-hearing can’t hold a candle to Logan’s incredibly enhanced abilities.

First of all, his sight is so acute that he can see with perfect clarity for long distances, even in almost complete darkness. His hearing is similarly powerful; as well as possessing a greater range than normal human beings, Wolvie can also pick up sounds that regular ears do not. His sense of smell is perhaps the most impressive, though. Naturally, he’s terrific at tracking down the scent of his enemies, even if the smell has faded over time.

He can also recognize shapeshifters thanks to their unique smell. That’s in the comics, at least, as Mystique often fools him in the films. On one occasion in X-Men: The Animated Series, Wolverine claims that he can smell light waves on the infrared spectrum – or rather, he can smell the ozone given off by the electronics generating the light.

By combining his hearing and sense of smell, Logan is also something of a walking lie detector. By monitoring changes in a person’s heartbeat and smelling any perspiration, he can tell when someone’s speaking the truth.


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Christian Bone is a Staff Writer/Editor at We Got This Covered and has been cluttering up the internet with his thoughts on movies and TV for over a decade, ever since graduating with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Winchester. As Marvel Beat Leader, he can usually be found writing about the MCU and yet, if you asked him, he'd probably say his favorite superhero film is 'The Incredibles.'