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Are you planning on becoming Wolverine?

No, I'm too tall.

Don't give up so easily. According to Marvel[1], Wolverine is only 5'3, but Hugh Jackman played him at 6'2. For me, the most surprising stat from that page is that he weighs 195 lbs without the metal skeleton, and 300lbs with. He must be insanely stocky for that height.

1. http://marvel.com/characters/66/wolverine

He has at least 80 lbs of sideburns.

Fun fact: Australians are naturally taller, as a result of being suspended upside-down on the bottom of the planet!

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I think that the defining characteristic for Wolverine is the regeneration rate, not the metallic skeleton (which has as a prerequisite the regeneration rate).

The bone is a living organ coating it with stuff can kill it.

I think there was a darpa paper about surrounding bones with carbon nano tube meshes that would renforce them, prevent or reduce shattering and could be used as an internal cast with minimal fixture but I hope we never get to that point.

Why do you hope that we never get to that point?

Would be pointless, the coating would just wear off.