Why Wolverine's Bone Claws are WAY More Powerful Than You Realize

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Composer: Whitesand (Martynas Lau)
Year: 2017
Title: Eternity

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[emrepalapi]

That was the longest "He can move faster when he is lighter" I have ever seen...

[HenriqueHCA]

Just a note: In Logan, yes Adamantium acts like a poison in his body but it wasn't the reason he was weaker. It was the anti-mutant genes they were putting on food and water that was killing his mutant cells and everyone's.
In D&W, Wolverine is even older than he was in Logan and he doesn't have weakness due to his Adamantium.

[anakinuzamakihatake]

In Logan the reason his healing factor was slower was because these guy poisened the food which was destroying the x gene

[trickjacko]

Officially, Wolverine's claws are depicted as being made of bone, but from a biological standpoint, this doesn't hold up. Bone is not designed for cutting; it's cancellous, highly vascularized, and innervated, meaning it would be incredibly painful for Wolverine to use his claws. Moreover, bone lacks the strength and durability necessary for such a purpose.

A more plausible idea would be that Wolverine's claws are composed of a tissue similar to dentine and enamel, substances found in teeth. Enamel is the hardest tissue in the body, specifically designed to endure exposure to harsh environments and capable of cutting and withstand high stress. Additionally, enamel originates from the same embryological tissue as nails, claws, and talons.

The decision to make Wolverine's claws out of bone likely stemmed from a lack of understanding of basic biological principles.

[windowsalpha]

The metal skeleton wasn’t a weakness in Logan. I don’t understand where this misconception came from when the movie clearly states that it was CORN SYRUP that was the issue. They genetically engineered corn syrup to have a chemical that nerfs the mutant X gene chromosome that enables the genetic mutations in mutants. Therefore stifling their powers. Adamantium doesn’t rust. It doesn’t corrode. It’s indestructible. That’s the entire reason why Project X wanted Logan in the program. Him aging would only superficially effect it at worse, doing damn near nothing at best.

[Boomken]

5:16 its was the anti mutant gmos that war down his healing to the point the metal started to kill him,

[Nathan-ys]

I think the wolverine Japan series was one of the best famous comics. When wolverine takes on the silver samurai takes away his powers at the end of the movie no more animantium claws no more healing factor. Changed his life in Japan.

[artemis-u-]

For the last time, in logan it was not that the healing factor was failing due to the adamantium and old age, is that the gene terapy that was going on in America due to the modified crops was suppressing his mutant gene, thus gradually rendering him more human. Wolverine in the comics and movies is now literally immortal thanks to his healing factor. If that remains the same he literally cannot die.

[Sorrus-Blyfe]

Basically… if he wants to cure himself from Adamantum = Magneto ripping it out his body, which may be less painful as he can manipulate it into a liquid.

- Wolverine Prime.

[teresworrell]

Adamantium makes him more durable but without the adamantium he's more animal like, bigger, faster, stronger, feral, savage, and ofc he would heal faster.

[nicholasfaith]

He COULD walk the bottom of the ocean.. it would SUCK badly but, he could inch his way to shore

[User_UCcHPXCsjqzOISOeFbwvw]

I like how the entire video never once addressed the title nor supported it. Never once discussed the full power of the bone CLAWS. Only the difference between the entire skeleton frames themselves.

[theghost]

I should point out that his extreme healing does have one serious benefit when paired with his insane weight. His strength is likely hundreds of times higher than it normally is. The reason the skeleton doesn’t seem to slow him down that much is because it simply doesn’t. His regeneration repairs his muscles just as fast as the break down meaning his strength is theoretically at the absolute peak of human conditioning. Not just world record level but far past that. So his agility shouldn’t be diminished by much if at all

[Mikerille]

It isn’t holding him back, while without it he’s faster, he’s not stronger physically, and while his healing is increased, he can still be killed by beheading. Ultimately an incredibly strong healing factor while also physically more capable, and impossible to behead, makes him far more dangerous, his claws can also cut through most things.

[AngelusNielson]

Wolverine drowning would just slowly walk toward the shore until he made it. AFter all, even if you only get a centimeter before you're dead again, that's a centimeter of progress, and one thing we all can agree on is that the character is driven hard.

[Gears_Starting]

I thought it was the mutant cure put in food that started to slow Wolverine's healing.

[Kokuyouski]

Kind of funny how he jumps on enemies in comics and in movies but nobody actually gets just plain crushed under his weight.

[LuciferMorningstar]

9:07 I think that if say magneto could pull the adamantium from Logan's bones and say put it back but with more of a lining job to Logan's bones kinda like when ur making a building and u line the foundation with rebar before u put cement down bc if Logan had that instead of a full chrome job then that would give him less weight but re-enforce his bones bc like he said without the adamantium then he has to worry about broken bones and worrying about if his muscles and skeleton can withstand the pressure his superhero life puts him through but like also take the adamantium and coat his claws in them fully that way u have a wolverine who's healing factor isn't strained or held back but the metal poisoning him and u have a wolverine who's less heavy so more agility and stamina with the deadly strength and durability as well as indestructible claws that's how I'd write wolverines problems out of the story without making him super feral and animal-like

[FasBlas]

The healing factor could extend Logan's life a lot more, if it wasn't for the GMO corn that was developed by Transigen to stop further mutations in humans, as well as dismantle existing mutant DNA in currently living mutants. That's why Xavier developed a degenerative disease.

[tjjohnson]

Been waiting for someone to do a video on this