Wolverine - What's with the hair?

[Jonathan_Short_Torso]

They made a very good point - Why does wolverine have such silly hair and ridiculous sideburns? It's not like a wolverine looks remotely like that.

[Kzinistzerg]

Well, they make good points about all the other non-wolverine type powers he has. Except for the claws; all wolverines have retractile indestructible claws. They're just too lazy to use them.

[Indomitus]

Personally, I think he's named Wolverine because he's highly irritable and likely to steal your food if you give him the chance.  The rest is probably just incidental.

[Bob]

I just thought he was a Michigan grad......

[Darth Geek]

Since he has his healing powers and we don't know how old he is, maybe he's had them since General Burnside made them popular:

[Thrifty]

My hair can be pretty fussy sometimes, especially right after a haircut when I get this irritating cowlick.  Maybe Wolverine just couldn't find a hairstyle that worked for him without too much maintenance and gave up.