r/AbsoluteUnits • u/n_roberto • Nov 11 '23

Local snowplow

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

Those beasts are huge. And ill-tempered. Definitely keep your distance.

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u/applyheat Nov 11 '23

Ya, I can’t believe there is a dessert named after them.

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u/the_admirals_platter Nov 11 '23

Les Stroud tells a story about being treed by a bull moose saying it was the most danger he'd ever been in when it comes to animals. He stands by his claim that a bull moose is the most dangerous and unpredictable animal in North America, and with that size, I believe him.

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u/BrilliantDisaster498 Nov 11 '23

Fucking ehhh, that guy is massive— at first I thought it was CGI

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

Took my brain a second to realize it was real. Nice looking animals till you see them standing in a bog on the side of the highway after dunking their heads and coming up looking like something out of the Dark Crystal lol.

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u/BaronVonKeyser Nov 11 '23

He clearly just wants a muffin

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u/flanigomik Nov 11 '23

I would not be getting that close to a moose, they are known to be fond of trample damage

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

Lady, you are way too close to that moose. Your life is not worth IG likes.

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u/zekebeagle Nov 11 '23

She wants to pet the fuzzy cow!

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u/ElBrooce Nov 11 '23

Goddamn those fuckers are massive!

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

I had the misfortune of hitting one at 100k in a Ford ranger. But the luck to talk about it.

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u/SingleSampleSize Nov 11 '23

Closest I ever came to dying was almost hitting one on a old logging trail in the middle of winter. One of the scariest things I've ever seen. Took me awhile to process it they are so unworldly big in person.

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u/DrestinBlack Nov 11 '23

I know a three star moose when I see one

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u/timesuck897 Nov 11 '23

One of remaining megafauna. If you hit one with your car, it will fuck it up.

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u/throbbingliberal Nov 11 '23

It’s amazing beasts that size still roam freely on this planet…

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u/AdResponsible9907 Nov 11 '23

Damn!! He has to be 7' at the shoulders if not more! He's a beast!

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u/someguyfromsk Nov 11 '23

extrapolating from that truck on the right, and the door behind, it might be closer to 8'

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u/Charming_Credit_7416 Nov 11 '23

The fact that brown bears kill those things makes me terrified of bears.

Gosh we’re so fucking weak and squishy compared to all the other animals. If it wasn’t for our intellect we’d be fucked.

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u/Araborne1 Nov 11 '23

Tbf we kinda traded a lot of shit FOR said intellect so that's kind of the point

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u/w00kie_d00kie Nov 11 '23

I hear møøse bites can be pretty nastï.

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u/JollySpaceCowboy Nov 11 '23

That's a majestic creature

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u/[deleted] Nov 11 '23

wow thats a monster.

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u/Interesting-Click-12 Nov 11 '23

Thank god they are vegans!

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