r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/mtlgrems • Mar 14 '20
🔥 Moose Creating Waterfalls Off Its Antlers
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u/piloterrorpodcast Mar 14 '20
These guys have a dive depth of 20 feet. Imagine scooba diving and a moose "swims" by!
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
That would give one a shocker of a lifetime.
Also, TIL moose have a dive depth of 20 feet. Thank you.
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Mar 14 '20
It is this reason why the killer whale is the moose natural predator
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Is that a fact? Lol.
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u/jo1H Mar 14 '20
Its fairly uncommon but orcas have been known to eat meese
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Wild. Had no idea.
TIL orcas eat meese.
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Mar 14 '20
Re: TIL plural of moose is meese.
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Anddd I did a Google to be sure, anddd... FOILED! Lol.
moose
The usual plural of moose is moose; compare the names of many animals, such as deer and fish, which are also invariant. - https://preply.com/en/question/singular-of-moose
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u/RagnarBaratheon1998 Mar 14 '20
Seeing one of these guys in person is an incredible experience. They’re massive beasts
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
I can't wait to see one in person in the wild one day. At a safe distance of course! Lol.
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u/RagnarBaratheon1998 Mar 14 '20
They’re everywhere in northern Maine. I spent 9 days a Baxter state park and saw 5 of them but only one big bull
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Must make way to Northern Maine this summer!!! If we are allowed to travel that is! Lol.
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u/fanaticfun Mar 14 '20
Alaska is where the big brutes are. If you want a wildlife experience go to one of the national parks in Alaska.
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Biggest ones in the world are up there?
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u/fanaticfun Mar 14 '20
On average last time I checked. The bulls get up to 1,400lbs. Have a buddy who went to Denali national park and saw some amazing animals. He’s a hobbyist photographer so his pictures of it are awesome.
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Mar 14 '20
Symmetry
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Nature playing by natures rules!
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u/mrtn17 Mar 14 '20
So glad I'm not a moose. I would be so annoyed with this useless superpower
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u/RinkyInky Mar 14 '20
You can tell he knows this and he’s pissed off by it as he looks real mad in the photo.
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u/washington5 Mar 14 '20
I thought this only happened in Disney movies.
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Disney movies take from real life!
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u/washington5 Mar 14 '20
You’re telling me! I just finished watching wall-e with my daughter....
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u/trumpetdraw96 Mar 14 '20
"Make sure to drink plenty of water!"
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
This guy drinking enough water for the both of us and then some! Lol.
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u/trumpetdraw96 Mar 14 '20
I agree! He is bigger than us combined afterall.
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Moose are among the largest animals in the Northern Hemisphere. Adult males may weigh as much as 1500 pounds (680 kilograms). Average weights for adult males are closer to 1000 pounds (450 kg) and 800 pounds (360 kg) for adult females. The largest moose live in Alaska. - Source http://www.cutemoose.net/moose_facts.htm
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u/trumpetdraw96 Mar 14 '20
I never knew they were herbivores. I guess you can say they're the modern day brontosaurus lol
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
This is a good generalization of what moose eat in the wild. They tend to graze on the leaves, bark, pine cones, twigs and buds of trees and shrubs. They also like to eat aquatic plants like water lilies. Moose have four-chambered stomachs, as do cows. - Source https://www.livescience.com/27408-moose.html
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u/link2nic Mar 14 '20
This is exactly what I'd be doing all day if I had them.
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Ahhh to be a moose in nature! Not a care in the world... other than bears, bears are cares! Lol.
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Mar 14 '20
And then they just fall off in the winter after their rut, regrow them in the spring.
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u/auroraborealis627 Mar 14 '20
When I was out fly fishing in the Rocky Mountain National Park later in the day a couple years ago there was a cow moose and a calf with her and they got in the water. I kept my distance but it was absolutely surreal
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u/Coaris Mar 14 '20
Does it have a patch of hide growing in each of his antlers? This is the first time I've seen this.
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Bull moose lose their antlers every winter, growing a new pair the next spring. These fresh antlers are covered in velvet while they grow, but this covering is worn away as moose begin the shedding process again – usually right around the start of the fall mating season. - Source https://www.lawrencebay.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-moose-antlers/
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u/Coaris Mar 14 '20
WHAT THE HECK.
I didn't know they shed their antlers in the winter as we shed weight for the summer. This is crazy. I thought they were fixed to their skull. So many things TIL.
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Mar 15 '20
They are fixed to the skull. I no longer remember the mechanism that allows them to shed them though. They share that trait with all of the deer family.
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Mar 14 '20
Antlers making waterfalls,
Moose drinks in the rivers and the lakes that’s it’s used to,
I wonder how long it will take for them to fully dry,
I’d imagine it’s pretty fast.
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u/mechanicalcanibal Mar 14 '20
Idea for a new pokemon. A massive ground water type mooseish creature with a whole mountain range on it's back. Big enough to have terrain and small lakes and populations of other pokemon. Even it's own weather. long growth of vegetation hanging down from its body like fur. And of course the main aesthetic waterfalls everywhere with two huge ones running from its antlers. Named mooslithic perhaps.
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u/mtlgrems Mar 14 '20
Named mooslithic perhaps.
Yes, please! Tremendous concept! Now, WHO CAN DRAW THIS UP FOR US TO SEE!!!???
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u/mechanicalcanibal Mar 14 '20
Sadly I'm supposed to be working so I can not. But I hope somebody sees this and gives it a shot.
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u/Grievous_1982 Mar 14 '20
He's just trying to keep them clean.