Can Wolverine starve to death?

Originally posted by Soljer
The answer is yes.

It'd just take an extraordinary amount of time.

Originally posted by h1a8
Since Wolverine had to eat himself then yes he can starve to death.
Now if Wolverine is restrained then he will certain die of starvation (because he can't eat himself).

haha. good point.. if he CANT starve to death then there would be no need to eat himself. ha. unless he was trying to get some strength so he could high tail it out.. but then he's injured from eating himself so.. iono..

colossus eats, but really has no need to. As does superman.

Originally posted by Battlehammer
colossus eats, but really has no need to. As does superman.

colossus i agree for sure.. but even superman? i mean, he's not really a mutant with strange powers, he's an alien. do kryptonians really live their lives on krypton not consuming.. do their breakfasts really consist of just sun bathing for a few minuites? hmm, i suppose so.

Originally posted by SuppMan
colossus i agree for sure.. but even superman? i mean, he's not really a mutant with strange powers, he's an alien. do kryptonians really live their lives on krypton not consuming.. do their breakfasts really consist of just sun bathing for a few minuites? hmm, i suppose so.

Krypton's sun is red. Hence no superpowers.

ohhh. okay. i didnt know that..

And I thought Colossus only didn't need to eat while in armored form?

If we take any real world facts into this then yes, wolverine should starve to death rather easily. How long this takes is hard to judge in comics since conservation of mass and energy doesn't apply much.

Just look at the hulk. he gains a couple hundred pounds of flesh from what? absorbs proteins out of the air? converts gamma radiation to amino acids? Same with wolverines healing factor. If he loses an arm by eating it where is the matter coming from to reheal that arm?

Ignoring all that and judging from his eating himself feats, I'd pick maybe a year before his healing factor can no longer cope with the lack of nutritions and fails him so the next time he bites a chunk out of his arm it'll stay bitten off. So a year a 2 maybe for him to starve I say. But of course I'm just throwing a number out there

I'm not sure if he'd die but his body would likely shut down and put him in a coma-esq state. He seemed to think that his healing factor would prevent him from drowning to death, by keeping him alive in a state of perpetual drowning for an eternity... which wasn't something he was look forward to.

Originally posted by Battlehammer
correct.

He should starve eventually but current Wolverine would probably be written as being able to absorb nutrients, molecules etc from surrounding grass, plants or anything floating in the air and his healing factor synthesizing whatever is needed from them..

Originally posted by Doctor-Alvis
Nobody can say Wolverine would starve without making him sound amazing can they!?

it a fact he went a month with out food or sleep before............

Originally posted by Battlehammer
it a fact he went a month with out food or sleep before............

Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Krypton's sun is red. Hence no superpowers.

Originally posted by grey fox
Well my initial idea was that he should be able to survive, due to the constant cycle of Burn-Heal-Burn-Heal etc.

Yes.

Originally posted by emporerpants
yeah, but remember he can't stay dead. he'd die, then come back. thats his power i guess.

If he's dead, he's dead mac, look at Days of Futures Past

Originally posted by Capt Spaulding
If he's dead, he's dead mac, look at Days of Futures Past

alternate reality...........also wow your behind on your wolverine.........

Originally posted by Battlehammer
alternate reality...........also wow your behind on your wolverine.........

No i just look at Wolverines who are actually good and interesting. You know Wolverine out of the 80's, I disregard all the crap that's been released for the 5 years, because it doesn't apply to the chracter 😉

Originally posted by Capt Spaulding
No i just look at Wolverines who are actually good and interesting. You know Wolverine out of the 80's, I disregard all the crap that's been released for the 5 years, because it doesn't apply to the chracter 😉

oh and by the way you liked wolverine before he actaully was a mutant..........or had healing powers..........

Not to mention in the 90's early 90'sLogan healed from a cell...........

yup your opinion means jack since you don't read wolverine or know wtf your talking about.