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 Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Moose!
By Diana Hsieh @ 1:27 PM

Wow, this is undoubtedly the best moose story ever. (Via Amy Mossoff.)

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 12:57:16 mst
Comment ID: #1
Name: Adam Mossoff
E-mail: amossoff(at)gmail.com

A rule I learned in Boy Scouts when I was a kid: Never, never, never mess with an animal when it is a mom with her young. It doesn't matter if it's a mouse or a moose. Just steer clear.

So, when I was reading this story, I kept thinking to myself, "oh, no, oh, no, this isn't going to end well." Well, it was still hilarious, and thankfully with no physical trauma (just mental). :) In fact, that's why it's funny -- it's a great story about a well-learned life lesson.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 14:34:53 mst
Comment ID: #2
Name: PMB

Sorry, but THIS is the best Moose story ever: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmnLRVWgnXU

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 17:57:49 mst
Comment ID: #3
Name: Zip
E-mail: martinandreasgasser(at)hotmail.com
URL: http://uncommonsensecanada.blogspot.com/

I remember watching a man in a national park urging his 6 year old daughter to "Get closer" to a massive adult male Moose so he could get a picture. The moose was surrounded by people taking pictures and generally getting too close. The little girl ended up well within antler reach by the time Dad got his picture. It could have ended so badly. The moose was easily one of the largest animals I've ever seen and I had visions of this little girl being rag dolled about 20 feet into a large pine tree. Luckily the bull just bolted in the opposite direction, startling several other campers.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 18:59:26 mst
Comment ID: #4
Name: William H Stoddard
E-mail: whswhs(at)mindspring.com
URL: http://whswhs.livejournal.com/profile

Zip,

You make me think of watching "Jurassic Park." I was in a theater, so I had to stifle myself when the zoologist told the little girl "Go ahead and pet the brontosaurus; it's an herbivore." A hippo's an herbivore, but they've been known to bite people's arms off when they were feeling cranky. And that's not even to mention seriously dangerous herbivores like boar, Cape buffalo, and rhino. None of which weighs a tenth as much as an adult apatosaurus.

Now, of course, no real dinosaurs were involved. But it probably helped get out the delusion that "herbivores are friendly and gentle."

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 19:31:24 mst
Comment ID: #5
Name: Amy
E-mail: mossoffa(at)gmail.com
URL: http://www.amymossoff.com

Hey, my link is broken. :)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 19:36:00 mst
Comment ID: #6
Name: Diana Hsieh
E-mail: diana(at)dianahsieh.com
URL: http://www.dianahsieh.com/blog

Doh! I suppose it would help if I actually put the requisite URL between the quote marks.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 19:37:28 mst
Comment ID: #7
Name: Diana Hsieh
E-mail: diana(at)dianahsieh.com
URL: http://www.dianahsieh.com/blog

PMB -- I have a sneaking suspicion that Woody Allen's moose story wasn't wholly true. Just a few small details rang false to me... ;-)

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 20:54:08 mst
Comment ID: #8
Name: C Andrew
E-mail: ca4papen(at)mindspring.com

Diana,
I think that Woody Allen was mistaken. It wasn't the Berkowitzes in the moose suit. It was the Cohens.

Zip, my sister had similar experience with tourists and elk in Yellowstone. Same thing, some east coast Dad trying to get baby daughter in the same photo frame as the bull elk.

William, your point about herbivores reminds me of this. Safari guide; "Rhinoceros? Evenest tempered animal in Africa. MAD ALL THE TIME!" And I think that Walt Disney predated Jurassic Park on this approach, not to mention Mutual of Omaha's "Wild Kingdom." I don't remember ever seeing a predator catch a prey animal. There are just too many people out there that think that "Bambi" is a documentary...

Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 22:31:34 mst
Comment ID: #9
Name: DavidR
E-mail: user(at)server.type

PMB -- YOU BEAT ME TO IT!!!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 at 13:31:56 mst
Comment ID: #10
Name: Valda Redfern
E-mail: valda.redfern(at)gmail.com
URL: http://valzhalla.blogspot.com

"A rule I learned in Boy Scouts when I was a kid: Never, never, never mess with an animal when it is a mom with her young. It doesn't matter if it's a mouse or a moose. Just steer clear."

Too right. I once had a dangerous encounter with a sheep on Dartmoor. Seeing her chomping grass with her lambs beside her, I bustled up to pat the dear little wooly twins. When I got within head-butting range, however, mommy sheep glared at me and started quivering and making a sort of superheated steam noise. I knew rage when I saw it, even in a sheep, so I made tracks. I felt a little foolish at being scared off by a sheep, but a local told me later that a ewe with lambs could easily break someone's leg if she felt threatened.

Here in the UK we regularly hear of walkers being trampled to death by cows in the calving season. These incidents invariably involve dogs, and in most cases the owners could have escaped if they'd run away as soon as the danger became apparent. Instead, they try to rescue their dogs and don't get out of the way in time (the dogs generally survive, because they just run for it).

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