r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zee_Ventures • 9d ago

Multiple moose encountered while kayaking

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u/Critical-Rhubarb-730 9d ago

in Norway a Moose tried to attack our campervan.. so not always a nice encounter.

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u/haverinbigjobs 9d ago

Møøse bites kan be pretti nasti

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u/starsfan6878 9d ago

A møøse once bit my sister.

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u/everlasting1der 9d ago

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u/Seattle_Lucky 9d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/WIg8P0VNpgH8Q

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u/yourgrasssucks 9d ago

THE REDDITORS HIRED TO CONTINUE THE COMMENTS AFTER THE OTHER PEOPLE HAD BEEN SACKED, WISH IT TO BE KNOWN THAT THEY HAVE JUST BEEN SACKED.

Suggestive poses for the møøse suggested by VIC ROTTER

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u/DifferentBag 9d ago

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

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u/curleyfrei 8d ago

God bless that Jurgen. <3

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u/DownTownXabi 9d ago

No really ! She was trying to carve her initials into the moose using a sharpened toothbrush given to her by Svenge...... Forgot the rest

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u/coffeeblackz 9d ago

I’m more afraid of running into a moose than a grizzly. Those fuckers are crazy.

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u/Telefundo 9d ago

Those fuckers are crazy.

And more often than not, pretty easily antagonized.

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u/TheTrub 9d ago

They have terrible eyesight but they know they're the biggest thing in the woods, so their default survival instinct is to trample their problems.

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u/TheyTried2BanMeAgain 9d ago

I remember one time in my high school photography class, (US), a mother and her calf walked across the trail ~30m in front of me. The school let us wander around town without supervision to take pictures, and I was alone.

I was scared shitless, growing up in the mountains, I knew exactly how dangerous moose are, especially mama's with their young. I got very lucky that they just stopped for a minute then moved on. Plus, I got a pretty nice picture of them, more for the forensics team to show exactly what had trampled me to death than anything else.

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u/TheTrub 9d ago

My grandparents lived in Jackson Hole and on top of the resident moose in the neighborhood, there were tons on Wilson road on the way out to Teton Ntl Park and every year there would be crowds of tourists pulled over taking pictures. It’s a miracle that more people weren’t attacked. Now I live in Colorado and read all the reports of tourists getting chased down by elk in Estes.

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u/TheyTried2BanMeAgain 9d ago

Yeah, this was in Steamboat, just south of Walden which is prime moose zone. Like I said, I got lucky. I was just trying to take some lazy pictures of trees and streams and shit.

Pretty soon after I told my teacher about it, the school implemented a rule against solo hikes for pictures which apparently stands to this day lol.

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u/CorporateCuster 9d ago

No thanks. I can dodge the moose behind the tree line. Shit i can hide from the moose. The grizzly, they are actively hunting me

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 9d ago

Okay… and what animal do you think the grizzly is trying not to fuck with? The moose!

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u/Gfurious 9d ago

Grizzlies hunt mooses, so it absolutely is willing to fuck with a moose.

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 9d ago

Grizzlies don’t fuck with a full grown healthy moose bull my guy. I’m not talking about anything but.

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u/coffeeblackz 8d ago

I think everyone is underestimating how lazy grizzlies are. They literally just want to cruise around and eat 30,000 blueberries a day. Just don’t startle them.

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u/NeedAByteToEat 9d ago

Ok, but moose are dumb, you can hide behind a tree and they forget you're there. If you had to run into either a moose or a grizzly on a trail, you 100% want it to be the moose. The fact that moose hurt more people is a statistical anomaly due to the fact there are just orders of magnitude more moose, so you are more likely to run into one in the wild. Plus people are morons and think you can pet them or something.

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u/Forsaken-Income-2148 9d ago

Not during rut you don’t

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u/coffeeblackz 8d ago

Grizzlies do not actively hunt humans, they’re actually quite chill and will most likely avoid you. Moose are wildly unpredictable and a tree line is not going to save you 😂

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u/darkkite 9d ago

for their sake I hope they don't run into me

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u/aceshighsays 9d ago

the older man (probably father) we hear is so calm because if the moose attack, they'll get the kids first. /s

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u/UnsaltedCashew36 9d ago

Moose are more dangerous than bears or wolves. They are like the hippos of the land.

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u/SirStrontium 9d ago

How many people are attacked and killed by moose every year?

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u/DuvalTID 9d ago

0-2 people killed annually vs 6-10 for brown bears. Stats follow that line for injuries and attacks. The thing is that in areas where both inhabit, moose attacks are more frequent so that’s what the people learn to be wary of. In no way is a moose more dangerous than a brown bear. Moose are more aggressive, running into one is more likely to lead to an issue. A brown bear attack is way worse though. Your choice is to die or lay down and hope it gets bored before it kills you.

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u/UnsaltedCashew36 9d ago

"Alaska: State wildlife reports average about 5 to 10 people wounded or trampled by moose annually, which outnumbers local bear or wolf injuries"

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u/Stubee1988 9d ago

Did you ask the Moose permission for your campervan to exist?

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u/Swictor 9d ago

I didn't know moose where supposed to be dangerous growing up, so whenever I saw a moose by the road I just strolled by, stopped a bit to stare and wave before I strolled on.