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[–] 44 points 1 year ago (21 children)

Wyoming resident here. Every one knows that a bear will kill you in an instant, but if you're up here for the summer, for the love of god please stay away from moose. Moose get really territorial, they are almost as tall as a house, and they will fuck your shit up. Moose are chill, until they are not.

PS: Don't approach bison (buffalo), or any wildlife, in Yellowstone you big fuckin' dummy.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    P.S., Moose are way bigger than horses. Taller and way heavier. And very fast, not sure if faster than a race horse, but very freaking fast.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Every year there are a few collisions between vehicles and moose. They're more often fatal for both the moose and the people in the car than collisions with other animals like deer or bears. Part of that is because the moose are bigger than most other things you might hit, but a bigger issue is where their weight is concentrated. A moose's belly is about 1m off the ground, so if you run into a moose with a car, you're likely to knock out its legs with your fender and hood, sending its 500 kg body through the windshield.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    One time I saw a car that had been hit by a moose. It looked like it had ran into a freaking brick wall. I seriously doubt there were any survivors.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I went to Yellowstone a couple of years ago, and about a month or two after I came home, some idiot tried to get up close and personal with a bison standing near a building (to get pictures) and ended up with a shattered spine.

    Is this Darwinism?

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Literally, every year there are multiple incidents because people can't or refuse to accept that they are wild animals. The bison and even regular deer are also dangerous.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Agreed. A deer will fuck you (and even itself) up if it thinks you might attack it.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Acshully, the plural of moose is meese

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (7 children)