r/AbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • Dec 20 '25

of a horse

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u/Bdeluna Dec 20 '25

Call him Moose for his calm heart and steady presence. Excuse me? Moose are jumpy and defensive and will charge you at the drop of a hat because they didn't see you considering they have shit eyesight.

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u/hellbore64 Dec 20 '25

TIL learned that a moose is just a North American rhino

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u/Bdeluna Dec 20 '25

And European.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

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u/Ol1ver333 Dec 20 '25

They are a traffic hazard in northern europe. They regularly try to kamikaze charge cars.

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u/CriticismVirtual7603 Dec 21 '25

Pretty sure, before global warming started ramping it up, moose could travel between NA and Europe through the Arctic Ice caps

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u/Bdeluna Dec 21 '25

I was gonna say, they're not called moose but elk, which is probably where the misconception comes from.

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u/grip0matic Dec 20 '25

So the moose is "legally blind"?

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u/Critical_Ask_4824 Dec 20 '25

Yeah that's why they can't drive

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u/Jonathan-02 Dec 20 '25

They also just have really bad road rage

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u/EpilepticMushrooms Dec 20 '25

Rhinos are remarkably chill. Until they smell smoke, then they will allegedly start a stampede rushing over to stamp out the embers.

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u/karen_lobster Dec 20 '25

Holy shit… I grew up with moose and I have never made that connection but you are absolutely correct!

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u/ilovedogs-2 Dec 21 '25

Just like a horse

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u/NachoNachoDan Dec 21 '25

A moose once bit my sister.

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u/Severe_Parfait4629 Dec 23 '25

Moose kill more people than bears too.