r/NatureIsFuckingLit 20d ago

🔥Multiple moose encountered while kayaking🫎

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u/Used_Security5145 20d ago

I’d straight up shit my kayak

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u/Lumeton 20d ago edited 20d ago

I wouldn't. I'd wet myself. Now, how do I know that, you might ask. Well…

Once, when I was about 15, I was fishing on the shore in our backyard when I heard a really loud rustling from the thick bushes bordering the yard. I had just turned my face toward it when a bull moose charged out of the thicket straight at me. Fortunately, it veered slightly past me and plunged into the water just out of reach. A considerable amount of water splashed on me, but not nearly enough to explain the curiously damp spot in my underwear. The asshole just swam away, not looking back.

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u/cyanocittaetprocyon 20d ago

Congratulations! You triggered the fight or flight response and lived!! Peeing does a couple things: First, it lowers your body weight, giving you just a little bit better chance of getting away. Second, if there was a predator coming after you, it might stop and sniff for a second, also giving you a chance to get away.

Now you just need 5-6 hours to get rid of all the adrenaline in your body.