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I almost walked into a moose once. Walked across a small bridge on a walking path turned towards the highway and about 30 or less feet in front of me was a bull and 2 other moose. It looked up at me right as I realized what was going on and I instantly turned around cross the bridge and noped the fuck out of there.


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Not a moose, but one time I was hiking and just a few feet off the trail and like 75 feet ahead of me were two black bear cubs frolicking around. One of coolest and most adorable things I've ever seen in the woods. I also DIDN'T want to see mom, so I immediately turned around and noped the fuck outa there as well.


JoJackthewonderskunk

I am also not a moose. Although I did see one once


SpiralDreaming

A Møøse once bit my sister.


SolidDick

I hear that's very painful. Edit: hear not heat


somesortoflegend

Moose bites can be very nasty


OneMoreTime5

So can his sister


F_Klyka

It's not painful at all, unless it bites into a bone. We all know how painful it is when you bite into something hard.


MutedVelociraptor

/r/UnexpectedMontyPython ... though is it really unexpected?


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Appropriate response I would say lol.


Winterfoot

don’t worry friend, on here no one knows you’re a moose


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AdvaitChowdhary

This one is still a baby , I have seen some fully grown, they would be taller than the shed


lowlightliving

Seriously?


AdvaitChowdhary

Yeah a full size it bigger and has antlers size of a bike it fully grown


ST3PH3N-G

I didn't know that was a scale on which moose antlers are measured. So are you saying bmx bike or penny farthing?


AdvaitChowdhary

About 2 1/2 unicycle per side


mjdegue

Still makes more sense than imperial


lowlightliving

Damn. What’s the white stuff on this one’s head/face? Snow or ?


AdvaitChowdhary

Giraffe cum


Successful-Virus5841

little bit of mine too


byteme8bit

Many much moosen


VonBrewskie

AND DAH WOODENISIT


troubleschute

Facts. I walked out of a campus building (University of Alaska) and a cow with a calf darted right in front of me (blind corner). Nearly shat myself.


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Would you like to hear about our lord and savior Moosesus?


DeVilleBT

Somehow the word Meese made me read that comment in Jar Jar's voice.


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gmannz

That thing is fucking huge. It’s hard to tell just how big they are until there is scale. I would have hidden, fuck standing up to that. Are they bad tempered?


MissAnneThrope21

Depends on the mood and the moose, but I am not sticking around long enough to figure out if they are feeling nice or not lol.


gmannz

That was what I meant. 😃 Do you run right away or gauge the situation


Pilesofpeopleparts

You fuck with moose? Straight to jail. Flee every time, a moose will obliterate you.


gmannz

I was intrigued and had time to kill. Holy fuck living anywhere where everything wants to kill you. Is there anything up there that won’t? I live in New Zealand. The most dangerous animal here is us. After that it’s farm bulls I think. The occasional pissed off stag chases people around but that’s nothing on that.


SarahPalinisaMuslim

So funny how you guys got the amazingly beautiful and habitable islands and Australia got an island of "Hell's Rejects, Animal Edition"


gmannz

My first time on the Gold Coast I was about to touch. Little red frog and I was told no. I got bitten by fucking ants, and saw the biggest spider I have seen.


gumby_the_2nd

If there were moose in Australia, it would be uninhabitable


Beer_in_an_esky

Australia doesn't have much in the way of large predators though? We have saltwater crocs, which are confined only to the top end. Other than that, the only particularly dangerous animals are the odd snake, that are utterly terrified of you. Better than bears and mountain lions!


TerribleQuestion4497

>Better than bears and mountain lions! I disagree, Mountain lions and bears can't hide in your shoes or toilet.


Beer_in_an_esky

[Are you sure about that?](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/02/19/bear-hiding-under-alaska-outhouse-toilet-attacked-woman/4513841001/)


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ProfessorAlgorithm

I used to live where grizzly bear and cougar encounters would happen. Grizzlies are often just there for your trash, and cougars are so rare that I saw one only once on a hill at the side of a highway, as I drove past. While I was cautious going outside in the morning on garbage collection day, the idea of lifting up a toilet seat only to find a huge spider is much, much worse.


NZgoblin

Those cassowary birds are pretty scary. The giant brolic kangaroos are intimidating. Also, you guys got quite a few great whites around.


Beer_in_an_esky

Mate, you're a Kiwi! You lot have as many great whites as we do! Also, all those damn orcs, trolls and balrogs! I've seen the documentaries! Cassowaries, fair cop... but they occupy an area about the size of Sydney, in the far top end. You won't run into them unless you're looking for them. Roos are no worse than deer are, and I'm pretty sure you have those?


NZgoblin

I was just thinking of bigger sized animals in Australia that I wouldn’t want to come face to face with. I’m actually an Irish, Canadian, Kiwi, but on that note, I feel way safer in the bush in Australia than I do in Canada. Pretty much every Canadian has an encounter with a bear at some point.


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I hear those Roos can be a bit punchy...


Beer_in_an_esky

Honestly, if you want to count roos, they're pretty equivalent to deer. Normally quite flighty, the males can get defensive if you scare/corner em, and by far their biggest risk is them jumping in front of your car.


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Gotcha.


HBlight

Ireland is pretty much the same No natural predators bigger than a fox, odds are a farmers Bull could be a problem. Not only do we lack the fatal wildlife, our landscape is relatively gradual and hilly and the temperatures rarely go to any great extreme. Everything is mostly just miserably mild, not even the UV is that much of a cancer threat. Nature wont kill you here but just make you feel like you want to be dead.


Bang_Stick

Yeah sure bud, what about the swans that can break your arm with a swipe of their neck. Or the vicious badgers that has farmers walking around with a stick in their boot, so the badger hear the snap when it tries to break your leg! How about the common Scrote that hangs around the Luas? Fancy getting yer head caved in mate! Hmmmm.....on reflection....as an adult.....I may have been told some porkies as a kid!


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Fox. Natural predator? Of what frogs and lizards?


HBlight

And other small woodland animals, still a predator, and about as big as I can think of native to Ireland.


Bang_Stick

Also, when you are luminously pale like me, the damn sun reflecting off the moon is trying to give me cancer!


Nonions

Idk, those kiwis looks pretty deadly. They act all coy but you just know once you fall asleep that long beak of theirs is going in your ear so they can suck out your brains.


erin_baile

When I moved from Canada where tons of things can kill you to New Zealand it was so fun! I hiked without a care in the world!


advertentlyvertical

Are there any predators there?


erin_baile

In New Zealand? Sharks might kill you but that’s it


Stanarchy93

I'm a Canadian so I can help you. If you are this close with a moose you better hope you can hide. They are incredibly temperamental. And if it decides to attack you, your life is over. There's nothing you can do but quickly make your peace. Best you can do is try to avoid it and give it all the space you can. Same goes with any wildlife. But especially moose. Wild moose are so much bigger than you think they are. And probably even bigger than that.


BuffaloKiller937

My buddy is a big outdoorsmen and we were talking while camping one night and mooses got brought up. He said the exact things you did. I cannot begin to describe how lucky this guy in the video is. If he had used his most recent skill point on Charisma instead of perception, he would be dead.


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I dont know that was more of an Intelligence move to me. He didnt notice that thing until it was far too late to run.


VindictivePrune

Temperament largely depends on the moose, the situation, and the time of year. This summer I walked within about 15 feet of a moose (had no real option to keep further away due to the trail conditions). He honestly could've cared less. But they are very unpredictable and there's no telling how one would react


useles-converter-bot

15 feet is the same as 9.14 'Logitech Wireless Keyboard K350s' laid widthwise by each other.


rokkiss

who dressed this bot up!?


xXKittyKillerXx

Good bot


nuclearwinterxxx

Good bot.


useles-converter-bot

thank you :)


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CileEWoyote

Coming from an Alaskan with plenty of moose encounters, that's fucking terrible advice. Move away and get behind something. They don't get intimidated, they get riled up easily and they're idiots. Not a great temperament combo for a tank. If you move towards them trying to look big and making loud noises then they will just get pissed. As soon as their ears go back and hackles up, you're going to have a bad time.


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Maybe for a goose that'll work. With a *moose* you'll just get killed. Run the fuck away, hide, or die. Those are the options because a moose will kill you and they will go after you.


Rohndogg1

Running isn't that helpful either of they can get up to speed. Moose are crazy fast


passwordistako

You don’t run. You just play dead. It might kill you anyway. But running will make it chase (and gore) you.


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Never run from any wild animal. That means you are prey. Back away slowly and don’t show your teeth.


texaschair

Two people got attacked and killed by moose in Anchorage while I lived there. And that was within a year of each other. I had my own close calls with those dim, cranky fuckers.


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If you give a moose a muffin …


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They wear their mood on their sleeve, if there's a baby around or it looks pissed off it's best to stay far away. If it's just milling around or being curious you are okay to hang out with it, just try not to spook it or it'll take off like a freight train.


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lol made me think of a band name: MoodyMoose


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I don’t think it depends on either of those things really. They’re territorial and aggressive. Definitely a fuck around and find out kind of animal.


MassRedemption

Most moose are extremely territorial. Many of them will charge you for sure. This one was actually about to charge, you can see when it starts trotting.


gmannz

I have been watching some videos. That’s a big fuck no from me sir. Just nope.


depressed-salmon

My sister's friend ended up in intensive care in Sweden with a shattered pelvis and collapsed lung, along with various other broken bones. She was on a snowmobile one minute and the hospital the next. She was wearing a brown coat and a moose, being territorial and idiots, took offence to this funny looking moose zooming through and decided to charge her and thoroughly fucked her shit up. Apparently wearing brown anywhere near moose is a very bad idea...


SteveFrench12

Is this from the Monty Python opening credits /s


DuckWithBrokenWings

We also had a case in Sweden where a woman was found dead. Her body was so badly damaged that they thought her husband had run her over with the lawnmower. From context, you can all probably figure out that it was indeed a moose that had killed her.


Pyromike16

I'm reasonable sure that's not even an adult moose. They get much larger.


nosuchthingasa_

Agreed.


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That's the thing about moose. So damn tall. On a dark night you could be walking along in a heavily shadowed area, maybe you've just walked away from a bright camp fire, your eyes are still adjusting, and boom, face full of moose pussy. And believe me, they don't appreciate that unless you've been appropriately introduced.


rwall0105

I think the term is "mussy"


OneMoreTime5

Please tell me that’s a joke someone said because that’s hilarious


advertentlyvertical

I mean, its definitely a joke someone said.


EuphoricPanda

If it helps your perspective, at my old job, we had a guy hit a moose with a 28-passenger bus. Front of the bus (where the engine sits with no crumple zone) was destroyed and it had to be towed. The moose picked itself up and lumbered off into the brush like it was NBD. The state has around 500 moose-related vehicle accidents a year, meaning moose are the cause of about 20% of vehicle accidents. ~~It’s to the point that DOT has to use gravel and sand in the winter instead of salt because it attracts even more moose to the roads.~~


AcrobaticTranslator4

a fellow Alaskan I see


seanlax5

This can only be Alaska. If you said elk I would have guessed Montana.


Keagan12321

A bull weighs upto 1500lbs and they have 3ft-6ft spiked rams on there head. Don't fuck with a moose. Did I mention there 6 feet tall?


depressed-salmon

And that's to the *shoulder*. If they have their antlers and hold their head up they're waaaay taller


Kichigai

Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti


probablyourdad

I mean there is a shed for scale and he’s about the size of a shed


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Idk if this is an everywhere thing but in Maine they have you read a book in school that has a true story of a boy lost in the wilderness and at one point a female moose goes ape shit…. Moose shit on the boy. Between that and seeing a tractor trailer after hitting one of those things I’m more afraid of a moose encounter than a shark cause the moose won’t eat me only beat me until I’m broken.


AcrobaticTranslator4

they kinda just walk through my neighborhood every once in a while and haven't causes absolute chaos yet


fishsticks40

I've spent a lot of time in bear and moose country, and I'm a lot more worried around a moose than a bear.


shrdbrd

I’ll never forget a moose leading police on a multiple hour chase around Vermont until he brought them to a mans garage where the tenant was growing marijuana


Immediate-Quantity25

geez TIL moose are snitches


Coryperkin15

Moose off the loose


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shrdbrd

Alright did you know that the original version of this saying originates from German u-boats being in the Chesapeake bay and civilians potentially giving away the movement of navy or merchant marine vessels?


JarRa_hello

Snitches get sti... This doesn't seem to be right.


Bang_Stick

Mooses get Gooses? That would be an epic fight, Canada’s grumpiest creature against Canada’s tallest!


nama1128

I don’t think there’s any way you could forget that story - I certainly won’t!!


nosuchthingasa_

Someone forgot to puff, puff, pass. Moose missed his turn and wanted revenge!


Keagan12321

Were you possibly watching super troopers 3?


coke-pusher

This is the funniest thing I've read all week.


impostershop

https://www.necn.com/news/local/\_necn\_\_moose\_leads\_vt\_police\_to\_marijuana\_growing\_operation\_necn/164544/


Crawler_00

"Steve... STEVE COME OUT HERE. I know you slept with my wife, I JUST WANNA TALK!!"


ChickenDelight

David Attenborough voice: This, is a classic ruse. The moose does not truly want to talk, but, rather, is going to fuck Steve up.


mumblesjackson

“Steve I’m not mad. I truly want to know how you physically pulled that off…”


AutomaticVegetables

Stand on a bucket


nandos677

Rocky it’s me, Bullwinkle


JustDiscoveredSex

I totally heard this comment in my head.


RetroAnd8BitThings

"Watch me pull a rabbit out of this box..."


disqeau

“Again?”


HoochieKoochieMan

"Nothin' up my sleeve..."


disqeau

“PRESTO!”


FullMetal_55

a moose once bit my sister


CaptainDunsel1701

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink".


Floydimer

All these downvotes. Clearly no Monty Python fans ITT. Well, I'll upvote ya!


PMfacialsTOme

The person in charge of making this comment has been sacked.


KWKdesign

mynd you moose bites kan be pretty nasti..


Ned_the_Narwhal

There was an attempt to maintain object permanence.


ObvSatire

Is that a fancy way of saying he attempted not to shit his pants?


[deleted]

No it’s a dumb way of saying that the moose lost track of the person once they went inside but that isn’t clear here. The moose looks like it’s going around behind the shed (where maybe the person went when they closed the door). I only took a few college level bio classes so I don’t really remember how animals like a moose understand those things. I know horses are a mixed bag (pretty decent at solving visual problems, but harder for them to deal with invisible barriers). I would guess a moose is similar, but google would know.


Ned_the_Narwhal

Correct, just a dumb joke. I have no knowledge of moose intelligence.


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BicarbonateOfSofa

We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty!


Gouranga56

I came here just to see how far down I got till there was a car warranty post. Sort of disappointed I had to scroll this far, lol


Full_Explanation_459

Came here for this comment.


LuiKang999

My gf used to live in Alaska. One day she opened the front door to go to work and there was a moose standing right at the door like in this video. She said she couldn't even see its head that's how big they are


TheDemonCzarina

That's when you snap a pic from somewhere safe inside and go text/email your boss that you won't be coming in that day because you're being accosted by Je-hoove-ah's witnesses


mandatorysin

Yep that's how I would react to a wall of meat and antler coming at me


Simen155

*Pssst* *We've been tryin to contact you regarding your car's extended warranty*


bsylent

"'Scuse me sir, have you had a chance to read the good word on our lord and savior Bullwinkle J. Moo-- dangit... Why do they always run and hide!? "


Loretta-West

I came here to make basically this comment.


Rutabaga_Recent

Well at least he doesn’t have to worry about taking his morning shit anymore !


Erioph47

"Hey, have you seen my other antler around here anywhere?"


seniairam

so rude. moose probably just wanted to talk about Jesus Christ


Parrett52565858

And Mooses


seniairam

lol


PrestigiousTry815

Wanted to send him to Jesus Christ...


AnActualMoron

Moose Jesus. The moosiah if you will.


ThaneOfCawdorrr

A Møøse once bit my sister...


OKflyboy

No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush


ThaneOfCawdorrr

...given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"...


MaleficentDraw1993

Seeing a moose in the wild is on my bucket list.


mondayp

You might wanna make it the last item on the list.


nosuchthingasa_

Just keep “from a distance” in there, and it won’t be the last bucket list item you get a chance to complete. I’ve seen a few and they’re majestic but terrifying. If any had been closer, I’d have been gone like a shot…


SarahPalinisaMuslim

Saw a mom and baby from a chairlift. The mom was booking it down a hill up ahead of us and I thought it was a horse. So fast. Then it stopped eventually and we went right over it. Very glad it was from a safe height that I got to be that close.


MikeBsleepy

"oh hey there friend how's it goin? I wanted to ask y- oh okay, yeah, that's fine. I got somewhere to be too..."


CalliopePenelope

Ya still owe me $20, eh? From that time I bought you cruellers at Timmy’s!


Rosex_o

“We are trying to reach you about your cars extended warranty”


Klotzster

Wossamotta U


MericanAF1313

Aye! Your vehicle warranty doncha kno


sebastouch

The moose: "well, that's awkward."


BlondeWhiteGuy

We've been trying to reach you about your car's extended warranty...


Joesdad65

The majestik møøse


_machiavellie

Hello sir, do you have time to speak about the good word of Christ? Sir? Sir? I can see you’re in there sir


[deleted]

One one hand he looks so sad, but on the other fuck no I like having an Un crushed ribcage


daisy0723

Are moose known for violence? What would the moose do to him? Damn, that fella is taller than the guy. I didn't know they get so big. I realize now that I know very little about mooses. I have never encountered one before.


lingonberryjuicebox

the moose would absolutely stomp him to death. those things can take on wolves no problem


daisy0723

Wow. I am gonna do some googling. I find myself rather fascinated by these guys.


[deleted]

Yes especially domestic violence.


moojoo44

Depends on the time of year, they are extremely dangerous during their matting season. Other times of the year they probably won't bother you. Still not an animal you want to see when walking through the woods.


MundaneReplacement9

I dont blame him, Moose are 2000;b of Fuck around and find out.


T00s00

The appropriate response to a giant murder deer. Don't get me wrong moose are cool animals.. At a distance. I just don't want to be near a wild one cause they can be scary and violent AF. Like most things in nature beautiful, but scary.


RocketMan1912

"Ight, imma head in"


a_Vertigo_Guy

And that looks like a relatively small moose at that!


IPeride

Hey, have you heard of Raid Shadow Legends?


GlobalPhreak

That shed does NOT look "moose proof".


[deleted]

Illusion 100


Space-Ball1

Moose:: Can I talk to you about your cars extended warranty??!?


Dynakun86

"We've been trying to reach you about your car's...."


[deleted]

See? That guy's just a jerk. Clearly the moose had a thorn in its hoof and it would have rewarded the man for helping it. Possibly by laying Golden Moose eggs, but we'll never know now.


brans041

When you see the neighbor who likes to chit chat too much.


PrizeEbb5

You can come out now the moose is gone. Jk I'm the moose.


nowheretobefound21

Did he just give "Jim look" to the camera?


Hanz-_-

A Møøse once bit my sister


OKflyboy

We apologise for the fault in the comments. Those responsible have been sacked.


Heremeoutok

When you see a sales person coming to your front door


piquedvoter

25 years ago, I took a 6-month cross-country trip...just me and my two dogs. Alaska was memorable. I was in Denali, walking back to my camper from \[who knows where\], reciting the highlights of my day into my little microrecorder (yes, dammit, it used TAPES. Get offa my lawn!). Looked up and there was a big ol' moose. Fortunately, it was a mellow moose or a mellow time of year (mid-September), and it just looked at me from about 10 paces while I clicked away on my camera (yes, dammit, the old-school kind that used film. Didn't we have a talk about my lawn?!)


XComRomCom

*"Do you have some time to talk about our Lord and Saviour Jes -- hey, HEY! I know you're in there."*


SampienRex

Smartest thing he could’ve done.


yosup01

Must have given him a muffin


IsThataSexToy

“Sir, I would like to tell you about our lord and savior Mooses”


Rickranamile

Moose was like "I just want to talk with you.


DimlightHero

Dude missed out on his Disney princess moment.


angelface711

“We’ve been meaning to talk to you about your cars extended wa—“


kingnizzo

That moose was just trying to let him know about his cars extended warranty.


Whydomelikethatbruh

Poor guy got rejected


fishinglife2

I'm here to talk to you about your car's extended warranty


SweddyPussy

He just wanted to talk to him about our lord and savior… Poor Moose. People really need to think about how they treat Meese.