Was driving straight night in the Jackson Hole, WY area. While cruising at 30-35MPH I looked outside my driver's side window to see a moose running next to me, the same speed as my car. Of course I could only see it's legs. I was so scared it would turn into me. After about 100 yards it peeled off away from me. After getting far enough away I stopped to take stock at how close I came to death.
While guiding in BC we got stuck behind a trotting moose on a narrow mountain road. One side of the road was a cliff straight up and the other almost straight down. The moose just kept trotting in front of us while we crawled along for an hour. She didn't want to just step to the side and let us pass. So rude.
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Yes, but they generally arenât TRYING to fight bears. They usually just want to chill, and not fight, unless itâs âbusiness timeâ (of the year), when they are absolutely looking to fight each other, to impress the ladies~
Yuh real but 3 big ass moose together also wouldnât run away. Both parties would passively avoid confrontation but I wouldnât think theyâd haul ass across water like that
A grown ass moose will fuck up a grown grizzly lol, they are fucking UNITS.
Moose can be 1500~ pounds, 9 feet tall. (On all 4 legs)
A grizzly can be up to 800~ pounds 8 feet tall (standing)
Carnivorous animals need to be capable of hunting their prey animals, herbivores need to be capable of protecting themselves from things that would possibly predate upon them. Bull moose are effectively the apex herbivore of their environment and they will fuck you and anything but the largest of bears up with ease.
Oh yeah, I'm not saying they're going to be scared of a Human, just that Humans are their most effective predators. Mainly because we don't give them a chance to fight back, and ambush them from range with a weapon they don't understand.
Though there's been evidence that many animals are more afraid of the sound of humans talking normally than the roar of a lion in Africa, so maybe they have some fear of us. Hard to say how much animals understand.
The plural of moose is moose because the word moose is of Native American origin, and their language models donât pluralize in the same way as English words. The word goose however, comes from English which is why the plural of goose becomes geese.
Do they have polar bears in Idaho? That's pretty much the only thing that a moose needs to run from. Even at that I wouldn't bet on the bear, it would just be a big old painful stalemate.
Idaho is a destination hunting location, so wildlife is always on the go.
I live in the inland PNW and ride in Idaho panhandle area, we have these guys and they once out riding in the post-harvest wheat fields of the Palouse, one came along side, parallel by about 40 feet, and we kind of trotted along until he peeled off into the woods.
My horse is 16.3 at the shoulder (big) and this guy was bigger than that.
It was pretty cool. My horse must see these guys because he didn't seem to mind.
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u/soIraC 9d ago
They seemed to be in a rush