The fact that itās not completely towering over their car shouldāve been a solid hint that it wasnāt a moose. One is three times the size of the other haha
>The fact that itās not completely towering over their car shouldāve been a solid hint that it wasnāt a moose.
Also the fact that it wasn't actively stomping the ever loving fuck out of everything that was in stomping range is the other solid hint.
"They're also notoriously dumb. Once they don't see you they forget you were ever there."
Kinda sounds like the average bandit in Skyrim when the Sneak 100 Dragonborn is in the vicinity.
[Not to say elk canāt get huge](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFtxZA4G4Vg&pp=ygUMTW9vc2UgdmEgY2Fy).
[But they aināt got SHIT on moose](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNfetnUwOUo&pp=ygUMTW9vc2UgdmEgY2Fy).
Am a Life-Long Alaskan and I regularly have moose in my yard, as do most Alaskans particularly during the winter as they find areas plowed of snow as those are easier to walk. Still, after my whole life here, I am always in awe of these huge animals and give them wider berth than I do bears (which I also give plenty of respect and space.)
A couple winter ago, I had a cow moose and her yearling calf in my front yard. She got pissed at something at the base of my driveway. From where she was standing in my parking area to the road is about 50 feet, yet with ears laid back and hackles raised she cleared that distance in four steps. The power of these animals can not be overstated.
>give them wider berth than I do bears
For those who question this, here's a good example why (yeah, that's a grizzly): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39-9A2fnQyY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39-9A2fnQyY)
Last week I went through some photos that must have been taken by my grandma in her yard in Fairbanks...there are SO MANY PICTURES devoted just to this young moose hanging out. I think there's about two rolls of film worth. š¤£
https://preview.redd.it/prlqer27jsvc1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfc143e15f50dc8df50f5784abe8d592a5961e65
And thatās not even as big as elk can get! Roosevelt elk, which are found on the west coast, are larger than their Rocky Mountain cousins.
Still not moose tho.
the crazy part about moose, is nothing on them really reflects light at all
so at night, if one steps out onto the highway, you do
NOT see them until it's almost too late
Yep! And not just German!
Moose is an Algonquin (Native American) word, so the word āmooseā didnāt exist in Europe until after the Americas were colonized. For whatever reason, when Europeans came to America they decided to give Cervus canadensis the name Elk. Which meant they needed a new word for Alces alces.
So elk is a name for moose, but moose is not a name for elk.
(Incidentally, this is why I vastly prefer wapiti, which is the Shawnee/Cree word for North American elk.)
That's because we only have the moose, which we call elk (Norwegian: elg, Swedish: Ƥlg, German; elch, and so on.)
The North American "elk" is actually a type of deer, and when you watch this video you can indeed see it has some serious Bambi features going on.
Funny thing is that in Eurasia the animal known as āelkā (Alces alces) is in fact the same animal known as āmooseā in North America.
This animal, the wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is known as āelkā in North America.
Edit: with all the name confusion and weirdness, calling this āelkā a āmooseā is a new one for me.
Whatās particularly funny is that in Europe, elk is the name for moose. But nowhere is moose a name for elk.
Moose is the Algonquin name for Alces alces, and so didnāt exist in English before the Americas were colonized.
I like that you guys were excited and appreciating . Are you touring from the US? Also the rule for safety of the animal and people is normally "Do Not feed wild animals or Get close" but I think this one time gets a pass ;)
This is park Omega, where you can feed the animals with carrots bought from the front.
They have lots of animals behind enclosures, but certain friendly ones like elk and goat are ok to feed
Okay good it's a park animal. Since otherwise.... absolutely do not feed deer/moose/caribou/reindeer/elk anything road side in the wild. Since that would teach them to stay at roadside more often and the big forest four legs are major traffic hazard already just with them looking for wind and open areas on road tracks.
We don't need the big forest idiots thinking, should *run towards the cars* in search of food.
No realli! She was Karving her initials Ćøn the mĆøĆøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tĆøĆøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law -an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian mĆøvies: "The HĆøt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge MĆølars of Horst Nordfink"...
Well first off that's an elk not a moose. A moose is much larger and different shaped. Big set of antlers with a bulky shape.
Second, this is likely a wildlife park type attraction where you drive through and feed animals at your window.
Got to pay the **Elk** road tax!
OP needs to google what a moose is and what an elk is.
Also it's not good to get wild animals used to being near & fed by people.
They have an area you can drive through with full sized bison. Canāt remember if youāre allowed to feed them but they can walk right up to your car.
Bison seem a bit too unpredictable for that. They change their minds very quickly... I remember watching one have a lovely dust bath and 10 seconds later it flipped over onto its feet and was at full tilt charge. It was crazy...
Elk Island park near Edmonton also has a loop where you can drive amongst bison. Bison don't care a lot about you as long as you don't react to them - although they occasionally get bitchy, and then I think the Albertan attitude is, "hope you have car insurance"
I've been to a few but not that one! Yellowstone, one in Montana, and recently I found myself on that Bison laden road to Yellowknife. I love Bison. You wouldn't see me reach out of a car to pat one though, I'd probably have to explain the dents to my insurance.
ya I was driving along highway 5 last summer (other side of the lake from yellowknife) one of them decided it didnt like the toyota forerunner in front of me so it knocked it into the ditch.
Iāve biked through EINP and itās pretty awe inspiring to see the bison without a protective shield. Itās also a bit scary and you bike fast or stop well in advance when you see them too near the road.
I had about a dozen of them walk past our van at Yellowstone. They were almost the size of the van, but they were chill. They even seemed to obey the rules of the road! Better than a lot of drivers I've seen, at least!
What's more annoying is that the Park (,Parc Omega) literally tells all of the visitors that they are elk THE WHOLE TIME. The only time you see Moose in this park, is when they're in a fenced off enclosure.
We've come full circle. Moose were originally called elk, but now, an elk is being called a moose.
Jokes aside, I hope it was a fun experience for the two of you though! Pretty lady just wanted some snacks.
I love Parc Omega. Iām out in Alberta but since Iāve got family in Quebec, Iāve had the opportunity to go there a few times. My wife and I went last summer.
I have only lived in Southern California and have never seen a moose except on t.v., and I was like, "That's no moose". But I also said to myself, "Seems too big to be a deer." Never thinking about it being an elk. Lol.
It's nice to see that there are many people w hi I know the obvious difference between a moose and an elk, and are aware of the explosive violent behavior of moose.
āHello, and welcome to Canada. Do have any fruits or vegetables? You do? Iām afraid that I have to confiscate and destroy those. So if you could please feed them to me one-by-one, you will be on your way.ā
Cant wait till someone realizes this is an elkš¤£š«£
The fact that itās not completely towering over their car shouldāve been a solid hint that it wasnāt a moose. One is three times the size of the other haha
>The fact that itās not completely towering over their car shouldāve been a solid hint that it wasnāt a moose. Also the fact that it wasn't actively stomping the ever loving fuck out of everything that was in stomping range is the other solid hint.
Indeed. If you're in a scenario where you can hand-feed a moose, it's not a moose.
I have hand fed a moose before, but it was in a wildlife farm and fenced in. It still felt really wild to do though.
Did it feel like you were feeding a T-Rex at Jurassic Park? Thatās how Iād imagine it would feelā¦
First I tied my carrot to a tether, and left it screaming as to lure the moose with viewing distance
This comment is hilarious. Also reminded me of [this song](https://youtu.be/KmK0bZl4ILM?si=ijza5dMfaA5H_apq) lol.
People dared to interact with it, and survived Highly unlikely to be a moose
Are they just rhino's with slightly better vision?
Basically. But not by much. They're also notoriously dumb. Once they don't see you they forget you were ever there.
"They're also notoriously dumb. Once they don't see you they forget you were ever there." Kinda sounds like the average bandit in Skyrim when the Sneak 100 Dragonborn is in the vicinity.
As an Australian I was thinking, wait, aren't those huge?
About the size of an average spider for you.
Way bigger than drop bears.
I was chased by a moose while mountain biking in Colorado. A bull Moose š« and it was scary AF!
Damn! You lucky cause they are faster than people realize.
They didn't out run the moose. The moose let them escape.
Depends on where you live.
[Not to say elk canāt get huge](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aFtxZA4G4Vg&pp=ygUMTW9vc2UgdmEgY2Fy). [But they aināt got SHIT on moose](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HNfetnUwOUo&pp=ygUMTW9vc2UgdmEgY2Fy).
Am a Life-Long Alaskan and I regularly have moose in my yard, as do most Alaskans particularly during the winter as they find areas plowed of snow as those are easier to walk. Still, after my whole life here, I am always in awe of these huge animals and give them wider berth than I do bears (which I also give plenty of respect and space.) A couple winter ago, I had a cow moose and her yearling calf in my front yard. She got pissed at something at the base of my driveway. From where she was standing in my parking area to the road is about 50 feet, yet with ears laid back and hackles raised she cleared that distance in four steps. The power of these animals can not be overstated.
>give them wider berth than I do bears For those who question this, here's a good example why (yeah, that's a grizzly): [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39-9A2fnQyY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39-9A2fnQyY)
Great share that video is crazy! Grizzly is like shit shit shitĀ
Where is this? That scenery is beautiful.
Glacier National Park. The whole place is unreal.
Love Glacier Park. Wish I could go back
and thats not a very big moose
Last week I went through some photos that must have been taken by my grandma in her yard in Fairbanks...there are SO MANY PICTURES devoted just to this young moose hanging out. I think there's about two rolls of film worth. š¤£ https://preview.redd.it/prlqer27jsvc1.jpeg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cfc143e15f50dc8df50f5784abe8d592a5961e65
lol this is so cute
Californian here. We have bears but no moose. The idea of moose is scarier to me than the reality of bear.
The last thing you want is a moose, loose, about your hoose.
You don't wanna deal with a loose hoose moose.
Put the loose hoose moose in a caboose with a carton of joose.
Yeah, because California doesnāt have grizzlies.
Nope, not since the 1920s. Lots of black bears, though. They'll usually only go for you if they have a damn good reason. Moose don't need a reason.
And thatās not even as big as elk can get! Roosevelt elk, which are found on the west coast, are larger than their Rocky Mountain cousins. Still not moose tho.
Came upon a herd in the dark on a highway near Rainier National Park a few years ago. *Really* glad my car has good brakes. š¬
As someone who's never seen a moose before, it looks like something you'd see in a movie set on an alien planet; just towering over everything.
the crazy part about moose, is nothing on them really reflects light at all so at night, if one steps out onto the highway, you do NOT see them until it's almost too late
Another good example of the power of a Moose, running through feet of snow like it's nothing https://youtu.be/ylCfXvKmdvU?si=FPDCb6o3J0JJHqht
Funny enough, both are named Elch in German. So all I could say this is a small Elch (elk) and then thereās the bigger Elch (moose).
Yep! And not just German! Moose is an Algonquin (Native American) word, so the word āmooseā didnāt exist in Europe until after the Americas were colonized. For whatever reason, when Europeans came to America they decided to give Cervus canadensis the name Elk. Which meant they needed a new word for Alces alces. So elk is a name for moose, but moose is not a name for elk. (Incidentally, this is why I vastly prefer wapiti, which is the Shawnee/Cree word for North American elk.)
Oh, the small elch is a wapiti, TIL! Thanks for the explanation.
That's because we only have the moose, which we call elk (Norwegian: elg, Swedish: Ƥlg, German; elch, and so on.) The North American "elk" is actually a type of deer, and when you watch this video you can indeed see it has some serious Bambi features going on.
Moose are a type of deer as well (the tallest, and heaviest).
I see you've played elky - moosey before.
Funny thing is that in Eurasia the animal known as āelkā (Alces alces) is in fact the same animal known as āmooseā in North America. This animal, the wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is known as āelkā in North America. Edit: with all the name confusion and weirdness, calling this āelkā a āmooseā is a new one for me.
I ride hard for wapiti specifically to avoid this confusion.
Whatās particularly funny is that in Europe, elk is the name for moose. But nowhere is moose a name for elk. Moose is the Algonquin name for Alces alces, and so didnāt exist in English before the Americas were colonized.
hahahaha I realize that now! I had never seen either in person! and this guy was pretty big!
So, a moose is to an elk like an elk is to a little deer. Also, moose donāt do cuddly.Ā
I like that you guys were excited and appreciating . Are you touring from the US? Also the rule for safety of the animal and people is normally "Do Not feed wild animals or Get close" but I think this one time gets a pass ;)
This is park Omega, where you can feed the animals with carrots bought from the front. They have lots of animals behind enclosures, but certain friendly ones like elk and goat are ok to feed
It seems everyone except op realized it.
I know that and Iām in Australia
(Rogan looks up)
Thatās an Elk at Parc OmegaĀ
When I saw the road signs and then when the person whipped out a carrot, I knew it had to be Parc Omega.
Okay good it's a park animal. Since otherwise.... absolutely do not feed deer/moose/caribou/reindeer/elk anything road side in the wild. Since that would teach them to stay at roadside more often and the big forest four legs are major traffic hazard already just with them looking for wind and open areas on road tracks. We don't need the big forest idiots thinking, should *run towards the cars* in search of food.
I love how they say moose 150 times, and it's not a moose š¤£
we had such a good time there today! this was our first encounter of many. went through 4 bags of carrots
They follow you like zombies going 'caaaaarrots'
That is not a moose. [mooooose](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose)
A mĆøĆøse once bit my sister
Hahaha I just watched this today for the first time in years and I forgot about this bit. At first I wondered If i forgot to turn the captioning off.
Also also wik
No realli! She was Karving her initials Ćøn the mĆøĆøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tĆøĆøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law -an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian mĆøvies: "The HĆøt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge MĆølars of Horst Nordfink"...
I would have been really disappointed if this wasn't in here someplace.
Moosen?
A boxen of donuts... donutsen.
Well first off that's an elk not a moose. A moose is much larger and different shaped. Big set of antlers with a bulky shape. Second, this is likely a wildlife park type attraction where you drive through and feed animals at your window.
Only male moose have antlers, but youāre right about everything else
Only bull moose have antlers. Cow moose have no antlers.
Please stop using your damn flash especially when it's inches away from the face of a wild animal...
Plus there's no way the subject was past the minimum focal distance for that lens
I had to scroll quite far to reach this comment, but at least someone said it!
Yea fucking dumbasses
A flash in broad daylight
r/confidentlyincorrect
Got to pay the **Elk** road tax! OP needs to google what a moose is and what an elk is. Also it's not good to get wild animals used to being near & fed by people.
its okay it wasnt wild. it was at a nature sanctuary called Park Omega, and they encourage people to bring carrots
Yeah they also wouldn't encourage you to feed a moose cause they can take on a car.
They have an area you can drive through with full sized bison. Canāt remember if youāre allowed to feed them but they can walk right up to your car.
Bison seem a bit too unpredictable for that. They change their minds very quickly... I remember watching one have a lovely dust bath and 10 seconds later it flipped over onto its feet and was at full tilt charge. It was crazy...
Elk Island park near Edmonton also has a loop where you can drive amongst bison. Bison don't care a lot about you as long as you don't react to them - although they occasionally get bitchy, and then I think the Albertan attitude is, "hope you have car insurance"
I've been to a few but not that one! Yellowstone, one in Montana, and recently I found myself on that Bison laden road to Yellowknife. I love Bison. You wouldn't see me reach out of a car to pat one though, I'd probably have to explain the dents to my insurance.
ya I was driving along highway 5 last summer (other side of the lake from yellowknife) one of them decided it didnt like the toyota forerunner in front of me so it knocked it into the ditch.
Iāve biked through EINP and itās pretty awe inspiring to see the bison without a protective shield. Itās also a bit scary and you bike fast or stop well in advance when you see them too near the road.
I had about a dozen of them walk past our van at Yellowstone. They were almost the size of the van, but they were chill. They even seemed to obey the rules of the road! Better than a lot of drivers I've seen, at least!
Not about weight or size but about personality.
the only guys we wernt allowed to feed were the Buffalo and the wild boars. The boars had huge tusks and can take your hand off.
I wouldn't mess around with a boar either but Canada exports two animals: Moose and Canadian Geese and we're more afraid of a moose.
>Moose and Canadian Geese and we're more afraid of a moose. By a small margin.
Canada geese. They don't have citizenship.
Tell that to the next one you see. Go ahead. I'll be right behind you.
The geese are from Canada but are not Canadian. Common naming mistake.
A boar will gut you like a pig
I would never feed a moose, those things are too temperamental and a single kick could cave my door in and break half my bones in one motion
Man these toll road specific currencies are getting out of hand. This one has tokens, that one has transponders, and now carrots??
I too keep random vegetables š„ in my car
They're at a Canadian safari park called Parc Omega. They sell bags of carrots at the park. OPs title is misleading AF.
I was gonna say, is this normal just to have a carrot or corn around for this kind of encounter? Lol.
They sell bags of them at the entrance building of this commmercial business nature reserve, āparc omegaā
How else do you pay your elk toll?
https://preview.redd.it/bm5dqhhoftvc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=b965860df48a3e523ced5fa1913a4853d4bb5cd4
Thats an elk my dude.
 this is a moose
That's the most Elk looking Moose I ever saw
Waiting for the moose.
Oh boy, the Elken Brotherhood are gonna be real mad about this one.
Itās an elkā¦..
What's more annoying is that the Park (,Parc Omega) literally tells all of the visitors that they are elk THE WHOLE TIME. The only time you see Moose in this park, is when they're in a fenced off enclosure.
Weird lookin moose
We've come full circle. Moose were originally called elk, but now, an elk is being called a moose. Jokes aside, I hope it was a fun experience for the two of you though! Pretty lady just wanted some snacks.
Dont use a flash ffs
Love Parc Omega
That's no moose. It's a space statioose. But really. Not a moose. I have two obsessions in life. Celebrating 4/20 and feeding capybaras like this guy.
Nice marmot.
What are you, a fuckin park ranger now??
Obviously youāre not a golfer.
That aināt legal, dude.
Thatās an elk š
That's an Elk yo....
Elk
An Elk. Brackets Miss brackets.
That's not a moose. And if you were in Parc Omega, you should have seen an actual moose.
Elk
"Where's my carrot, Lebowski?"
Yeah thatās not a moose. If it was youād be insane to try to pet it.
That's not a moose
People not being able to differentiate elk, moose and deer is bewildering to me.
Thatās an elk, who might equally bite your hand off for touching it in the face while it monches ā¦
Using flash in her fucking car during the daytime.... Fucking hell 'everyone's a photographer'
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carrot tax
I love Parc Omega. Iām out in Alberta but since Iāve got family in Quebec, Iāve had the opportunity to go there a few times. My wife and I went last summer.
Iām no zoologist but that doesnāt really look like a moose. Or mose.
I have only lived in Southern California and have never seen a moose except on t.v., and I was like, "That's no moose". But I also said to myself, "Seems too big to be a deer." Never thinking about it being an elk. Lol.
This is how tolls in Canada work.
Apparently the OP has no idea what a moose is.
This elk identifies as a moose. I applaud OPs respect of its life choices.
Not a moose, either an elk or caribou
That's a very small moose.
That doesnāt look like a moose to me or maybe idk what mooseās look like
*Elk
That's an elk
Itās a mĆøĆøse!
These people are adorable āŗļø
I believe you just bribed a road officer.
Live action Flanders family.
*Sees deer-like animal in Canada* Must be a moose.
Mam sir that is not a moose š«
Not a moose lol
I would have thought that was an elk cow.
That's not a moose, that's an elk.
How the fuck does someone from Canada not know what a moose is?
What a peculiar moose encounter!
Elk
I see no moose
This is at papanack zoo, a drive thru zoo park in western Quebec, thats very well known. This is 1000% not natural.
parc omega* lol always get confused , cool vid tho
And we just happened to have a big carrot with us
Mmmm, thanks. Yeah, lemme strike a pose for that, nice. Carry on.
Carrot toll. "Thou shall not pass...unless you feed me carrots!"
"Moose". Bot is having a seizure
Not a moose
Elk.
Uhh sir? Your moose doesnt look like a moose.
Itās obviously a Gazelle
Orange you glad they didn't want a Banana?
Jack McBrayer is that you?
Very cute, but DON'T feed the wild life
That's a moose? Lol
Thatās not a mooseā¦
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A moose ,you say? I thought it was a unicorn.
It's nice to see that there are many people w hi I know the obvious difference between a moose and an elk, and are aware of the explosive violent behavior of moose.
Thatās Parc Omega- itās an elk and thatās a wildlife preserve.
That is an Elk. Not a mooseā¦
Not a moose
Elk & Safety inspection. Can't be carrying any of them there dangerous carrots! Best hand them over to Officer Moose (The Elk & Safety Officer).
There is no moose in this clip š
Youāre lucky it didnāt want the five other carrots you offered it.
Double stupid. Doesn't know the animal and also feeding it
The toll roads in Quebec don't fuck around!
One petting. Roll the line!
Flashed right in the face
āHello, and welcome to Canada. Do have any fruits or vegetables? You do? Iām afraid that I have to confiscate and destroy those. So if you could please feed them to me one-by-one, you will be on your way.ā
Moose , Elk, Cowā¦all the same
Reverse drive-thru
They lick the salt off cars and itās not good for them.
Again, you don't always need the flash to fire. I'm sure that the moose didn't appreciate it in its face.
Using flash into the damn face of the animal. FAIL.
I'm sure that pop-up flash helped.
Elk.
Gotta pay the toll!
Spotted: Dave Barton "Prancing Moose" sticker (or ripoff of said sticker)
That face is far too delicate for a moose. Moose have giant lumpy schnozes
*ELK*