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People shouldn't underestimate the size of a moose. I saw one exactly like this in Alaska just a few feet from my car. They are HUGE!!

Until I went to Alaska and lived there, I had no idea that a moose could be this large. I actually thought it was more like the size of a horse, but boy when you're face to face with them, oh my goodness, they are overwhelmingly HUGE! I couldn't believe how long their legs were and the moose I saw, had a baby with it. Needless to say we backed away real quick. 😂 It's antlers were humongous as well.


SW-User
Honestly in my head these things are cow sized so these visuals are quite disturbing 😫
LadyGrace · 70-79
@SW-User They are true though. Did you know a group of moose is called a herd. The plural form of moose is “moose”. Not mooses. lol Moose live in northern Europe, Asia, and in North America. According to zoologists, moose is the tallest living species of deer. According to National Geographic, it is 5 to 6.5 feet tall at the shoulders.
TheWildEcho · 56-60, M
Wow they are big!! And beautiful!
I remember the joke about a Scotsman who went to Canada and a local man said to him that is the north American moose! The Scotsman looked shocked and said, wow, you must have a big rat!!!
( Mouse in Scotland is pronounced mooose)
oddly, part of what makes them so dangerous is their typically terrible eyesight (or at least from what I've heard)
LadyGrace · 70-79
@stound Thank you, I didn't know that. That's interesting to know.
Sparklesatnite · 51-55, F
Ohhh my I thought Australia was bad for animals but I think somehow ours seem tame compare to that Moose all I can say is a double wow wow ..
Agreed. Beautiful creatures
DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F
Well I didn’t expect that 😳
bookerdana · M
elegance on the hoof 🦌
Dan193 · 31-35, M
TheOrionbeltseeker · 36-40, M
Taller than even horse? What would be their average height?
LadyGrace · 70-79
@TheOrionbeltseeker Did you know a group of moose is called a herd. The plural form of moose is “moose”. Not mooses. lol Moose live in northern Europe, Asia, and in North America. According to zoologists, moose is the tallest living species of deer. According to National Geographic, it is 5 to 6.5 feet tall at the shoulders.
TheOrionbeltseeker · 36-40, M
@LadyGrace The tallest recorded being 7.3 feet at the shoulders.
Thinkerbell · 41-45, F
That must have been a moose species that survived the Cretaceous asteroid collision.
TheOrionbeltseeker · 36-40, M
@Thinkerbell The Alaskan Moose is generally a taller breed.
SW-User
One of the things I loved most about my year in Finland

Encountered one amongst the pines and the snow on a walk once. It literally took my breath away. Elk.
LadyGrace · 70-79
@SW-User Ah, yes. It did the same for me when I saw that moose haha
caesar7 · 61-69, M
They are so majestic!!! I hunt them ...with my camera
LadyGrace · 70-79
@caesar7 That was my first thought, the first time I saw one. It describes it perfectly...majestic.
LadyGrace · 70-79
@caesar7 Thank you for not hurting them.
caesar7 · 61-69, M
@LadyGrace I'm an animal lover. We see them often here...never a bull but a cow and her calf...came close to seeing one but it hid behind the trees and couldn't see him well. He was big enough!!
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LadyGrace · 70-79
@SubstantialKick I imagine they would like any other wild animal.

 
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