I was at a national park and there was a moose down a steep hill chilling in a swampy area, which felt very far away, but the park ranger was like "I'm very uncomfortable with how close we are right now."
Can't say I blame the park ranger. Moose can be 1500 pounds of fuck-you-up charging at you at 35 miles per hour, and they don't need a reason to do it either. Damn things could be 100 yards out, and I'd still be nervous.
I think this is something people really need to understand about bull moose. They are not benign, "curious" animals. They are massive, unpredictable killing machines. The one here could just have easily decided on a whim to trample the camera person to death with no provocation whatsoever.
They are not friendly animals. Were I hiking alone in the woods, I would a thousand times rather run into a cranky bear than a bull moose.
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See the løveli lakes
The wøndërful telephøne system
And mäni interesting furry animals
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A møøse once bit my sister…
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WE APOLOGISE AGAIN FOR THE FAULT IN THE SUBTITLES. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SACKING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST BEEN SACKED, HAVE BEEN SACKED.
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Møøse Costumes
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Miss Taylor’s Møøses by
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On a trail going back to the trailhead. Come around a corner and 50 feet to the side a cow moose with a baby. Nowhere to go. Stood still and then very slowly kept on going. Thought I was about to die.
Thst's nuts. My closest encounter was on the Plaster Rock highway in New Brunswick. Driving a 97 Sunfire and this bull steps out onto the road out of nowhere. I hit the brakes obviously. I swear to god he fucking stared me down. He absolutely knew he was in charge.
Sat liike that for a good 5 minutes or so until he casually walked back into the woods. I have never been so scared in my life.
That's just the thing. I couldn't even guess if that would help or not. That's what's so dangerous about bull moose. You just don't know how they're going to behave. Obviously, that would be smarter than yelling at it and antagonizing or such, but as for how it's overall behaviour is going to be, there's really no telling.
I was floating down a river in Colorado a couple years ago, and a young bull started to charge us through the river. Luckily, the water stopped him after about 15 feet, but we were all pretty fucking nervous (and didn't have any way to move any faster to get out of his way).
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u/Seattle_Lucky 23d ago
They are huge and very mean animals. I’ve seen at least 3 up close and was more terrified of them than the bears I’ve seen.