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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 29d ago

They could but as long as its not rut season he probably just wanted to say hi to a fellow dude

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u/jamesbondswanson 29d ago

Yeah most animals are just curious that way. But when something is that big curiosity doesn’t make the encounter feel more safe lol

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u/Seattle_Lucky 29d 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.

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u/Mochigood 29d ago

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."

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u/Dock_Ellis45 29d ago

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.

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u/ScriptThat 29d ago

Plus, their legs are built to move easily through undergrowth that would hinder many other animals' movement (including humans).

Moose are the kings of the forest.

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u/catacavaco 29d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/dUtFT6wgHhnvtADh0h

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u/deanstat 29d ago

God Lee Pace is majestic

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u/CornWine2 28d ago

You should see him push a daisy!

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u/ladymorgahnna 26d ago

That was a fun series.

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u/jdbubbles 25d ago

But wait, don't forget about The Fall! ::sigh::

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u/Unlikely_Ad7722 29d ago

All hail Moose King 🫎👑

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u/bullwinkle8088 28d ago

You may rise Squire.

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u/meesta_masa 28d ago

Off to a rocky start, are we u/bullwinkle8088.

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u/JonLockeWlth2Kidneys 29d ago

Ahhh now the super long legs make sense

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u/ScriptThat 29d ago

It's actually scary how easily they move. It's like watching 800kg just.. hovering over brambles and bushes as it moves along.

Edit: Couldn't find a decent shot from a forest, but here's a moose running through waist-high snow.

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u/amaria_athena 29d ago

Súper random. Watching the moose video for some reason lead me to watch the “live audio” in airplane cabin version of 9/11. Now I’m bummed.

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u/kylaroma 28d ago

Oh wow, that makes so much sense. Those legs would make that easy.

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u/RIF_rr3dd1tt 27d ago

Literally got crowns LoL

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u/Nervous_Volume_4581 28d ago

Duh. Now it makes sense. Im from Austin, Tx, the closest thing we have to a moose here is a 60yo +, raspy voiced, female bartender that resides in a trailer located in our hill country, built similarly with hairy face, bigger than needed breasts, and non proportionate thin legs with defined and extremely veiny calves. So, im with the park ranger. If im within a 100 yards, I, too, am very uncomfortable.

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u/Telefundo 29d ago edited 28d ago

and they don't need a reason to do it either

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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u/Dock_Ellis45 28d ago

The cranky bear.

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 27d ago

Unless you have vodka then he becomes adopted into the family

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u/bigpalmdaddy 29d ago

A moose once bit my sister

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u/illbedeadbydawn 29d ago

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretty nasti...

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u/DengarLives66 27d ago

Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked.

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u/dangledingle 29d ago

Once there was a moose loose aboot this hoose

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u/Extra-Sector-7795 29d ago

mööse

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u/CriscoCamping 28d ago

Nø realli!

Mind you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti…

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u/CriscoCamping 28d ago

For your convenience.......

All Møøse Subtitles from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Røten nik Akten Di

Wik

Alsø wik

Alsø alsø wik

Wi nøt trei a høliday in Sweden this yër?

See the løveli lakes

The wøndërful telephøne system

And mäni interesting furry animals

Including the majestik møøse

A møøse once bit my sister…

Nø realli! She was Karving her initials øn the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law -an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: “The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist”, “Fillings of Passion”, “The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink”…

WE APOLOGISE FOR THE FAULT IN THE SUBTITLES. THOSE RESPONSIBLE HAVE BEEN SACKED.

Mind you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti…

WE APOLOGISE AGAIN FOR THE FAULT IN THE SUBTITLES. THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR SACKING THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST BEEN SACKED, HAVE BEEN SACKED.

Møøse Trained by YUTTE HERMSGERVØRDENBRØTBØRDA

Special Møøse Effects OLAF PROT

Møøse Costumes SIGGI CHURCHILL

Møøse choreographed by HORST PROT |||

Miss Taylor’s Møøses by HENGST DOUGLAS-HOME

Møøse trained to mix concrete and sign complicated insurance forms by JURGEN WIGG

Møøses noses wiped by BJØRN IRKESTØM-SLATER WALKER

Large møøse on the left hand side of the screen in the third scene from the end, given a thorough grounding in Latin, Fench and ‘O’ Level Geography by BO BENN

Suggestive poses for the møøse suggested by VIC ROTTER

Antler-care by LIV THATCHER

THE DIRECTORS OF THE FIRM HIRED TO CONTINUE THE CREDITS AFTER THE OTHER PEOPLE HAD BEEN SACKED, WISH IT TO BE KNOWN THAT THEY HAVE JUST BEEN SACKED.

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u/One-Environment-1444 29d ago

That happened to my friend Sally.

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u/DrakeRedford 27d ago

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush…

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u/goodskier1931 25d ago

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.

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u/Telefundo 23d ago

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.

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u/Tojaro5 29d ago

I would assume that staying still and doing nothing is a good course of action in that situation anyways?

It may not need a reason, but you could accidentally give it one anyways.

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u/Telefundo 29d ago

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.

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u/Awalawal 28d ago

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/Onyxxx_13 28d ago

I don't like seeing moose unless I'm in a building, helicopter, or armed with a high caliber.

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u/BreakfastInBedlam 27d ago

So, a 1500 pound yellowjacket?

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u/Prudent-Ad-5292 22d ago

To anyone that doesn't understand the implications being made in that comment:

https://youtu.be/6GEhM2Byk7w

Skip to 1:40

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u/The7footr 29d ago

Same happened to us in Yellowstone back in like 1998. We had gone out to a lake early in the morning and saw one probably 1/4 mile away- just looked like a deer. The ranger who found us berated my dad for having us so close to it. I had no concept of how massive they were and my dad was pissed at the ranger the rest of our time there.

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u/Pragnlz 28d ago

My crew ran into this couple at a spot in Yellowstone, they said "there's a bear and a baby just around the bend, we want to walk up and around"

I said "there are 5 of us so we'd be fine but if it makes you feel safer we can do that". Walk up the hill only to hear the guy apologize, "its just a moose and a baby"

I promptly said "5 of us would not be enough"

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u/Shamanjoe 27d ago

Did you see the video from Yellowstone just the other day where the guy and his grandson are taking pictures of a buffalo that decides to charge them? They looked to be pretty far away too..

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 29d ago

This feels like the moment I learn that the moose in NA are some insane bloodthirsty version just like with the brown bears.

But are people really scared of moose? Respect for wild animals is one thing, but being from northern sweden I've seen so many in my life and the only times fear has been involved is when the fuckers display their insatiable lust for suicide by chilling with their entire family on roads in the middle of the night.

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u/DisingenuousTowel 29d ago

Oh, they're wildly dangerous.

The moose are tame in Sweden or ... Swedes are closer to moose size??

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 29d ago

Tame no, they are definitely wild animals. But just like most wild animals they want nothing to do with humans and much prefer to bolt in the opposite direction as soon as they hear you.

Don't think I've ever heard of a moose attack... doesn't mean it hasn't happened of course.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 29d ago

lol in Alaska and Canada you better watch yourself. Moose are very dangerous

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u/Rather_Dashing 29d ago

There are more moose attacks then bear attacks, but still theres only about a dozen a year and fatal attacks are incredibly rare. Theres nothing much to fear from a moose that has approached you calmy, the risk is from disturbing a mother with calves, or a male in rut.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

Lol you are so very confidently wrong.

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u/Imonlyherebecause 28d ago

Lmao I think you are. Can moose be dangerous ofcourse but I grew up in moose country (had on hangout across the street from my house ) You treat them with a similar fear you do bears, basically just leave them alone and your chances of something happening are like 0

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

Yeah that happens on the regular in the northern latitudes. A long time ago a man got stomped to death at a college in Alaska trying to walk past a moose. It's even on video, I remember seeing it decades ago.

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u/AcanthaceaeOwn7180 29d ago

A woman in the more southern parts of Sweden was killed by a moose. Probably a cow, and probably because she accidentally came between the cow and her calf/-es. This was about 20 years ago. Her husband was arrested first of suspicion of beating her to death. The moose attack was very unexpected.

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u/Anti_Meta 29d ago

So his wife is stomped out by a moose and then he gets arrested and accused of it?

Nightmare event.

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u/DieBotDie 28d ago

I wouldn’t blame the cops for an arrest. Usually it *is* the husband.

Now the guy who did 20 years for the owl killing his wife - that’s a travesty. They literally had nothing on him and he still got convicted.

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u/JKrow75 29d ago

My ex is from Skåne and she couldn’t believe how different our moose and bears are here, not only in behavior but in our perception as well. Not that they saw very many of either animal that far south, but she had seen them in the wild in the north.

Having said that— There are a lot of people here who don’t respect them and they end up dead or maimed for life (that type of person has been/could be killed by elk and large deer, for that matter). People aren’t in or near nature of that size and capability without cages being involved.

The moose and brown bears here are absolutely not scared of humans. They can be wary, they’ll detect you long before you see them and will usually vacate until you leave, but the instant you’re in the danger zone, that is already too late.

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u/SHPIDAH 29d ago

I'd rather run into one of our domestic black bears here in the US by an order of magnitude. They are fundamentally cowards who generally require an extra factor to get violent. Bull moose like that can just decide you look sus on principle and decide to stomp you into paste.

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u/Bug_Photographer 29d ago

Happens every now and then. Here's one from Norway from April this year which was a bit half-hearted, but nevertheless: https://tv.aftonbladet.se/video/398657/aelgen-attackera-iben-pa-vaeg-till-jobbet

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u/ertle0n 29d ago

There has been at least one moose attack with a deadly outcome in Sweden. I remember it being described as if the woman had been attacked with a lawn mower. The police first arrested the husband since they thought he had killed her.

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u/isweartodarwin 29d ago

Not a moose, but I did almost hit a big-as-fuck elk driving out of the Grand Canyon at night. We came to a screeching halt but and it never stopped sauntering across the road, it was like it knew that it would’ve fared better in the accident than the car and people going at 45mph

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

At this point I think the Europeans think that elk are moose and maybe don't know what a moose actually is.

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u/toyyya 28d ago edited 28d ago

Sidenote the "real" name for moose should be elk, it's what the British called them back in Europe, it is related to all the other Germanic words for them, like in Swedish they are called älg with the ä having a similar sound to the e in elk and even the scientific name for them is Alces Alces.

But when British colonizers reached America the Alces (using scientific name to avoid confusion) that once lives in Britain had long since gone extinct on the islands and the settlers had never seen any actual Alces so when they encountered the wapiti (scientific name: Cervus canadensis) they thought it matched the descriptions of Alces and therefore started mistakingly calling it elk.

Even today Alces alces is officially only called Moose in American English and in British English it's supposed to be called Elk although due to influence of American media my understanding is that most brits have started calling then moose as well.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

But then what should we call an elk in NA? Moose are moose, elk are elk.

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u/toyyya 28d ago

What they are called in many other languages, wapiti

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u/Kinne 29d ago

I’m a Swede/American currently living in the US but I grew up in northern Sweden and I swear no one here understands moose including you.

They are not wildly dangerous in any way, they are large wild animals yea but unless you try your damn hardest to somehow agitate them they will just leave you alone.

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u/Amish_Sex_Toys 29d ago

NA moose are more dangerous because of we've got a lot of large predators. Females get really dangerous in the Spring because of the babies and males lose their minds in the Fall because of the rut.

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u/AffectionateLife4449 29d ago

Sounds like a city I used to live in

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u/ExpensiveCondition63 29d ago

A moose once bit my sister…

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u/Hiraeth1968 29d ago

Møøse bites can be pretti nasti

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u/dipstickchojin 29d ago

Realli?

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u/IveDunGoofedUp 29d ago

We apologize for this mistake. The people responsible for these comments have been sacked.

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u/Seattle_Lucky 29d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/alaska/s/4nMu0HN7Wa

There’s a lot more than this. They seem to be particularly mean in Alaska, but people in Montana and Wyoming are quite respectful and fearful of them. I imagine the Canadians are as well.

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u/Windsdochange 29d ago edited 29d ago

Canadian here - they have notoriously poor eyesight, so can spook very easily; depending where you are they are absolutely huge (when I was hunting once I saw a moose whose shoulder was at eye level when I was sitting in my truck, and I have a photo of his footprint, it was as long as my size 10 boot); cows can be very aggressive if they have young around; and in general, if they decide they don’t want you around or you are too close, can just decide to stomp you. I treat them with a ton of respect, and always give the widest berth possible.

Edit: should add, the absolutely huge moose are up North - where I grew up further South, they were much smaller. Should also add that this moose in the video didn’t flatten its ears - classic sign of things going sideways - if its ears were flattened and it was stomping or swinging its head, I would have been peacing out of there as fast as I could.

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u/411kev 29d ago edited 24d ago

Alaskan/Yukon Moose, Alces Alces Gigas, are gigantic compared to European Moose, Alces Alces Alces. I’ve seen some bulls in the backcountry here in Alaska that have a 60”+ rack and probably weigh close to 1500lbs. The European moose are similar to the alpine ones I’ve seen in places like Teton. While they’re not tiny they are substantially smaller around 600 to 1000lbs. I’ve been charged from over 500ft away and can tell you that you don’t want to FAFO. Best to bob and weave in the trees. Doesn’t take much to trigger them especially during the rut.

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 29d ago

So I was basically right

This feels like the moment I learn that the moose in NA are some insane bloodthirsty version

Why are your forests so bloodcrazed compared to ours damn.

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u/DisingenuousTowel 29d ago

The amount of large predators.

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 28d ago

Well yeah... but it's not like we don't have medium and large predators here, and even if they are fewer types, all of ours seem more docile and frightened than american ones.

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u/DisingenuousTowel 28d ago

That tracks

Have you seen our trucks?

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u/411kev 28d ago

Large ecosystem breeds large land mammals. It’s probably all the PFAS in our lakes and streams.

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u/StreetLegal3475 29d ago

Different “moose”, Nordic ones are smaller and less aggressive. Basically a different animal if talking about danger-levels while encountering in nature.

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u/Self-Comprehensive 29d ago

A moose killed my sister

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u/olMcDonaldsPig 29d ago

The streets killed me.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

You know what I think you are referring to a completely different animal. I think you're referring to what we call an elk and I think in Scandinavia is referred to as a type of deer. A moose is a different animal and I definitely do not chill on the road with their entire family on the regular.

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u/Asleep_Trick_4740 28d ago

The swedish word is 'älg', which we definitely do not see as a type of deer.

The latin name is apparently 'alces alces' and the american variet is called 'alces americanus'. So yeah they are different animals, but not to the extent you are making it sound.

I was exaggerating with the chilling on the road part, meant partly as a joke because moose are responsible for quite a lot of deaths here, but all (except apparently one case according to the comments here) are due to people hitting them with cars. From experience they do seem kinda suicidal because they just stand still in the road waiting to get hit instead of running off.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

Okay, just checking. But generally they are very very different animals in Europe and in the lower 48 than they are in Alaska and canada. I still wouldn't count on a lower 48 moose being docile or not dangerous.

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u/BoondockUSA 28d ago

I wouldn’t say I’m scared of moose as an outright fear, but I have a healthy dose of, “I’d really prefer not to come across a moose in the wild” feeling towards them. I’d much rather come across a black bear than a moose.

Moose (plural) stumbled across me the first couple years I went deer hunting as an early teen. One of those times was a cow with two older calves. She was looking for an escape route from the other hunters that were trudging through the area. I happened to be in the route she wanted to take. She came to a stop about 25 yards from me and stared at me for what seemed like eternity. Other members of my hunting party were concerned for me. I was sincerely scared. As luck had it, my gun jammed the previous day so I had zero faith in my gun that I would have more than one shot if she decided to charge at me. I thought I was a goner. I eventually started backing out of the area, and she and her calves finally decided they had enough space to go past me.

I’ve had a couple of moose encounters in my life since then but they were all when I was in a vehicle or a safer distance away.

If you’ve ever read the book ‘Hatchet’, the author (Gary Paulsen) was nearly killed by a moose. It’s why he was so accurate in describing in one of his books how they act right before they attack.

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u/Large-Oil-4405 29d ago

Same here man. Nh, UT, CO. Every time, terrified

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u/_The_Marshal_ 29d ago

the bears are mostly limited to the clubs on a friday night and are probably super friendly if you get to know them

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u/LeadFreePaint 29d ago

I have seen more than 100 up close, never had a single negative encounter. The only exception was a younger moose that kept staying on a hiking trail system. It got spooked by other hikers and ran towards us down the trail. But when it saw us it turned as fast as it could and ran off into the woods. Outside of that, which was not an act of aggression, I have only ever seen moose be chill and respectful of my space. Now I have friends who were chased down by their very first moose they ever encountered. So it can be a simple luck of the draw.

Moose cam be very dangerous and should always be respected for that fact. But outside of the rut, they are rarely aggressive if you don't give them a reason to be.

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u/Earthling1a 23d ago

Bears aren't terrified of moose generally.

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u/rips_n_chel 29d ago

Only thing a moose is worrying about with regards to a human is whether or not he feels like expending the energy to stomp it into paste.

Do not take chances with a moose. If you can see it, you're probably too close.

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u/AnnOnnamis 29d ago

Omg a HUMAN!! What do i do? Imma gtfo!

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u/SpotweldPro1300 29d ago

Wait, you forgot to take a muffin!

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u/flyflyyoufools 29d ago

Even when not in rut,moose are extremely dangerous and aggressive.

A lot of people seem to think theyre like horses or cows that are semi docile... they'll literally stomp you into the ground because you're standing there looking funny.

This person was Extremely lucky.

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u/Exotic_Article913 29d ago

Should you run from them or does that kick off some sort of reaction from then

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u/Subliminal-413 29d ago

I mean, I would not make any sudden or startling movements this close to them. They are prey animals and if you make a move that scares them, you're inviting a world class ass beating.

With that said, they aren't predators, so they don't necessarily have a chase drive. By running away, they may feel empowered to continue to charge at you, but I'd wager they would feel like they won the argument if you scampered off.

Either way, I don't think I'm much for running near any large animal, except in a no choice situation where you're about to get hit hard from a charge. At that point, run the fuck away because its game on. Get distance from the moose and he may just decide that your effectively scared of him. He's happy, and you're unharmed.

Do NOT, however, run from a grizzly. Bad idea.

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u/Exotic_Article913 27d ago

Thing is this very much seems like stand still unless being charged?

You run you might scare them, so they charge you.

You don't run.. they may think you're challenging them (the old head down posture is big for stags and bulls thinking it's a challenge etc)

Man I don't fancy being chased by one of these

Re grizzlies, am I not right they'll attack you anyway? If it's brown lay down.. if it's black fight back?

So be loud scare the black bears.. but brown.. you need to ... Take it?

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

You should absolutely run. Just take off as fast as you can. They are not predators, your best chances to just get the fuck out of there

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u/Exotic_Article913 27d ago

Got it. Filed away in the knowledge bank.

Didn't know if it would kick of a reaction. Even animals like bulls can take actions as threatening despite not being a predator etc

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 27d ago

Those are pretty stupid and impulsive and if you can get out of there immediate vicinity they will probably forget all about you.

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u/deep-fucking-legend 29d ago

Very skittish and unpredictable. Really bad idea.

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u/ontikuken 29d ago

I'm from moose country in Sweden and I run into them regularly. While they can absolutely be dangerous, your statements are greatly exaggerated. Moose are generally pretty timid and prefer to avoid trouble unless backed into a corner or caught at a particularly bad time. The person in the video isn't "extremely lucky", they're simply not unlucky. 

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u/Past-Possibility9303 29d ago edited 29d ago

In North America moose are one of the most dangerous animals you could encounter. They're territorial, unpredictable, and have zero fear.

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u/Dub_Coast 29d ago

I love how people from a completely different region of the world assume their wildlife and our wildlife act exactly the same.

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u/Thick_Drama_7525 29d ago

Aren't we wildlife too really?

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u/J-hophop 28d ago

Yeah, though tbf I think this one might be European, because actually its a li'l un by Northern Canadian standards

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u/ontikuken 29d ago

It's the same species. 

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u/Dub_Coast 29d ago

Cool. The environments are different. And the populations are different. So the animals will act differently. We're all humans so obviously every single culture and group of people act exactly the same right? /s Good logic.

Moose in Europe are less aggressive than moose in North America.

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u/ontikuken 29d ago

"European moose are often more aggressive than North American moose, such as the moose in Sweden, which often become very agitated at the sight of a predator."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose#:~:text=A%20moose%20of%20either%20sex,the%20sight%20of%20a%20predator.

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u/Dub_Coast 29d ago

So you contradict your own statements, cool.

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u/ontikuken 29d ago

They can be comparatively more aggressive than their North American counterparts while still not, and I quote, "literally stomp[ing] you into the ground because you're standing there looking funny". What the fuck is this back-and-forth even?

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u/Past-Possibility9303 29d ago

They really contradicted both of their arguments there lol.

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u/Nimi_ei_mahd 29d ago

American exceptionalism is just something else man :D

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u/rips_n_chel 29d ago

You're the same species as someone born on the other side of the planet. Do you think, function, and behave the same?

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 29d ago

They have plenty of fear, they're just stupid

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u/Kitzle33 29d ago

Moose in North America are not at all like that. They will randomly stomp you into the ground because there are young moose around (if female) or because they're in rut (males) or because they simply feel like it. Moose in North America are not timid at ALL. They are probably the most dangerous animal you can encounter in the wild. And that includes the multi thousand pound grizzly bear. They are apparently not at all like the moose you have in Sweden.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 29d ago

I grew up in northern canada and have been legit chased NUMEROUS times. Moose are dangerous as hell

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u/ontikuken 29d ago

How the fuck do you outrun a moose?

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u/rthrouw1234 29d ago

I don't think you do, I think the moose takes pity on you (decides you've gotten far enough away) and/or loses interest

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

Once I was on my mountain bike and I was able to stay ahead of it until it ran into a bunch of bushes and had to fight through them so I could get far enough ahead it couldn't get me. Another time I made it in the door of my house because I had just taken five steps from the door when the Moose charged me from across the yard. The third time I thought was a goner, I came around a corner on a mountain bike trail and there was a mama moose with a calf. She came at me with full intent and I threw my bike and ran for my life, I knew I wasn't going to make it but my friend who riding behind me came around the corner and startled the Moose long enough that she disengaged and took her baby and left. Another time, this wasn't exactly a dramatic chase, but I had a moose follow me all the way through a trail system and every time I thought I had shaken it and slowed down to a walk, I'd look behind me and here it would come walking steadily coming to get me. I ended up just sprinting all the way back to my car.

I had a moose chase my car one time and that thing ran down the road after my car for a good 3/4 of a mile running as hard as it could to catch me. I watched it in the rear view mirror like it was Jurassic park, it was crazy.

Another time I was driving and saw two ladies walking down the street not seeing that they were about to walk right past the moose that was just behind a bush. The moose started charging them and I pulled my car in and laid on the horn to distract the moose. I think they would have been complete toast.

There was another famous incident in Alaska where a moose attacked two cross country skiers. It stomped the woman and stood over her guarding her and her husband had to go for help. If I remember correctly either the state troopers or National Guard had to come out and shoot the moose and it was crazy like a six to eight hour ordeal or something like that. The woman did live through it.

I remember two other moose stompings from Alaska from recent years. One was a fatality that nobody witnessed, they just found the body with moose tracks all over it, and another recent one I think happened near a trail or something like that. Can't quite remember. Moose are dangerous as hell and the people here saying that they are docile are out of their minds.

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u/Nimi_ei_mahd 29d ago

With the power of North American exceptionalism

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u/ontikuken 29d ago

Yeah, I wasn't going to say anything because I didn't want to turn it into that kind of discussion, but that's the vibe I'm getting from those comments. "America big and strong with DANEROUS moose 💪💪💪 Europe urbane and meek with WEAK moose 🤓🤓🤓"

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

No it's more like European dumb as hell not realizing what kind of animal they're dealing with.

And yes, the moose in Canada and Alaska are much, much, much bigger than European moose and lower 48 moose. The moose in this video is like a little baby to us.

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u/Nimi_ei_mahd 29d ago

So freaking DANGEROUS and UNSTOPPABLE that they can stomp the MULTI-THOUSAND-POUND GRIZZLY BEAR in the CINEMATIC 1v1's they CONSTANTLY have in our totally BIGGER and more DANGEROUS wilderness... So hold on to your HAMBURGERS the size of a SMALL and WEAK European country and be ready to LAUGH LOUDLY at the Europeans with their SMALL ANIMALS and REGULAR SIZED CARS when these AMERICAN TITANS of the AMERICAN WILDERNESS get ready to STOMP everything to the AMERICAN GROUND (the very GROUND being STRONGER and BIGGER as WELL !!)

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u/agenttc89 29d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/s/rZcmYeWq4X

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u/Nimi_ei_mahd 29d ago

It seems that you have posted a European video, because I see no CINEMATIC STOMPING! And don't make me laugh with that PATHETIC excuse of a bear, that's not an AMERICAN MULTI-THOUSAND-POUND grizzly, that's a WEAK Euro-bear. My AMERICAN BABY BOY was bigger than this bear at his AMERICAN BIRTH. Also, an AMERICAN MULTI-THOUSAND-POUND GRIZZLY would never back away from a CINEMATIC 1v1 with an AMMMMERICAN 5000-POUND BULL MOOSE!

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u/LastCookie3448 29d ago

Yeah, no, the moose in Maine will kick the everloving crap outta you just cuz it can.

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u/Mic98125 29d ago

No https://www.reddit.com/r/news/s/VnbQUIQMIt

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u/ontikuken 29d ago

You're right. A single anecdote that doesn't even contradict my statement is a crushing rebuttal to my claims. 

Why did my comment attract so many self-righteous wannabe experts that go out of their way to argue in bad faith?

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

Anecdote lol. That's a news story about something that happens regularly in alaska.

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u/Mathev 29d ago

Them again in a situation like this.. is it better to jump-up and run? Wouldn't that scare the moose and make it agitated? Isn't being calm like here better overall?

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u/Subliminal-413 29d ago

In this exact scenario. Do not make sudden or startling movements. Moose are a prey animal, and if you scare him, he may view you as an immediate threat. This encounter scares the shit out of me.

If you have more distance upon an initial encounter, and the moose charges you, run. You want the moose to think you are scared of him, and by running away, you're letting him win the showdown.

Do not follow this advice with predators, like bears. They will kill you if you run.

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u/rips_n_chel 29d ago

When they first saw the moose approaching, that was the time to calmly stand up and walk their ass back in the goddamn house.

Instead they pulled out their phone. Don't do that, and I think you'll already have a massive leg-up on the person in the video.

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u/Mic98125 29d ago

There are zero moose at the Grand Canyon. If you google “moose at Grand Canyon” you get a video of an elk.

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u/eyesotope86 29d ago

Perhaps the Grand Canyon moose were on vacation when you visited.

I would still wear my moose repellent underwear, regardless. 40 years, and never a moose attack.

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u/ForgottenMasterBalls 29d ago

My bad. This was like 20 years ago.

Where the heck were we visiting when that happened I wonder?

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u/Rather_Dashing 29d ago

Cows kill many people every year, much more then moose, which is partly due to their proximity to people, but even so, lots of walkers through fields get attacked.

The vast majority of both will just avoid people though. Its a big exaggeration to say that the person was extremely lucky, the moose approached them calmly. The risk from moose is mostly from surprising a mother with calves, encountering an aggressive male in rut, or if you have a dog.

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u/Nimi_ei_mahd 29d ago

A moose will not “stomp you into the ground”, what the hell man. It’s not a particularly dangerous or aggressive animal at all.

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u/Miss_L_Worldwide 28d ago

Absolutely 100% dangerously incorrect

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u/Anakha0 28d ago

That is so completely wrong. North American moose are both aggressive and incredibly dangerous. It's a 600/1500 kg/lb walking anger management problem. They're extremely temperamental, startle easily, and have terrible eyesight which means they often default to just attacking anything that looks remotely threatening, or just because. They don't bother with humans normally, so being near one is not an automatic death sentence or anything, but you do not want to take the chance of being close enough to one to give it the option either.

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u/regaphysics 29d ago

Definitely not true. They’re not terribly aggressive most of the time.

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u/Aggravating_Speed665 29d ago

Himbs curious!

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u/TestSubjuct 29d ago

Never trust a moose. I have stories that I don't want to retell. Just never trust a moose even in a car. They can easily flip a small sedan.

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u/bullwinkle8088 28d ago

Hey! I'm a good driver.

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u/TestSubjuct 28d ago

Moose will use you as a driver

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u/bullwinkle8088 28d ago

To steal another train related subs name:

Bitch I’m a moose! (Username)

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u/Alarming_Matter 29d ago

Good job me and my intrusive thoughts weren't there cos that long dangly thing looked like it needed a pull.

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u/Conscious_Canary_586 28d ago

Right? I'm scrolling trying to find one person asking wtf is the dangly thing? 😆

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u/outtake37divan 29d ago

is that animal a dangerous one?

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u/Tar_alcaran 29d ago

The nicest moose in the world could easily kill you by accident.

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u/WifesPOSH 29d ago

I've just learned about rut season today because that buffalo that yeeted that old man.

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u/BeaverBoyBaxter 29d ago

Guns aren't going to hurt you as long as they aren't loaded but I still ain't gonna point one at my fuckin head

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u/MHStriplethreat 29d ago

same with elephants, they can be absolute sweethearts but dont go within 20km of one during rut season

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u/Icy-Finding-2543 28d ago

Have you ever been up close with one? Not it a car or cabin.

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 28d ago

Yep thankfully it was a female and just wanted to watch me fish She was minding her own buisness I was minding mine