The correct phrasing is "...on the loose", not "...on a loose". Not that it matters, but personally, I like to know when I make little mistakes like this. If you don't care, then neither should anyone else and you can ignore me, lol.
She was karving her initials into the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given to her by Svenge—her brother-in-law— an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...
What I usually do when large wildlife wanders up unexpectedly is literally say "hi" give them the side eye for a moment, and then very casually start paying attention to the tasty looking foliage beside me. It seems to me that most animals at the very least are tuned into whether another animal is eating plants or not and whether or not you care about defending those plants.
The freeze response is what most people go through before flight or fight. Like just a half second of processing before picking one or another. But, some people never get past it.
There's nothing wrong with a freeze response, tbf. Or sticking in it, if it's the safe option--as here, really. Non-threatening response, doesn't trigger prey drive, can help you blend in in certain situations, etc. Just in response to 'some people never get past it.'
Ya see I'd pretend to sleep, maybe snore slightly, That way the animal would be all "oh it's sleeping, I don't want to wake it up I'll just quietly go away."
Been working on my freeze response for decades. Sometimes it is better to let hot oil or metal set on my skin rather than spreading it around. Not all insects need to be smitten just for touching me. I'd rather be rational than rash.
Same with, specifically, spiders. I have a tarantula now and if the worst happens and she bolts out onto my hands or something, or even bites, I don't want to panic-fling and kill her. I've dialled it down with wild spiders, at least, to the point where I don't fling; my reaction's more like with my cats, where if they scratch they get a firm but gentle reprimand and no jerky hands.
(I don't handle my spider, and I practice as safe as possible "handling" in terms of feeding/water changes and rarely even fully open the enclosure, but they can be EXTREMELY fast and I think it's better safe than sorry with my own reactions)
Yep. Had similar experience backpacking, took a nap in my hammock, woke up to a moose giving me the sniffs. Could have stomped me out, I just froze and it moved on.
I think key is that if it felt safe to move this closely without being triggered into an attack or causing suspicious/threatening behavior from the person/thing it approached it is probably relatively unlikely to attack if the person just keeps still and doesn’t do anything to startle it.
I wouldn’t bet on it enough to just sit there given a chance to move away before it got close but if one came up with no warning it would be my guess on the best bet.
They generally strike me as exceedingly "polite" animals, so to speak. They might disregard boundaries a little (what's a boundary when you're seven feet tall, right?) but they seem aware of their size and pretty delicate in their behavior.
While I've never had an encounter, I heard all sorts of stories about moose while I was in Montana. Pushing a small parked car over a cliff, running across a field just to attack a hiker...lots of unprovoked aggro behavior. But that's just what I've heard.
I have had to do that several times while hunting elk. Moose are terrifying. Play "ring around the tree" if they charge you, since they can't turn at speed.
When I say "ring around the tree", I don't mean a 30' diameter tree. I mean a tree that is 2-3' diameter at most. And also, I imagine it will be harder to be quick when I'm 65, which I have about 20 years on...
Since it attacked “unprovoked”? Are you telling me wild animals need a motive to do wild animal shit in their own fucking home? Does this bison need to hire a bison lawyer to defend himself? Dicks out for Bisonbe!
It was at a campsite. Is there postings about wild animals and being careful not to interact with the wildlife? YES. Did grandpa do anything wrong in that situation? Not really - he just wasn't ready to be attacked. I think everyone learned a lesson about taking those warning seriously but I didn't want them to kill the bison for doing bison things.
I remember when I was 3 years old and saw one outside my house in Alaska at the time. VERY glad I knew better than to open my front door to get a better look.
Once saw one while driving a dirt road in NE Oregon. Was in a friend’s 2nd gen Prius and we could have driven under the thing without touching its belly or legs. Fucking massive creatures
Sinlok
Still don't get the dangly bit on the neck.
5KthisPLACE
They're so silent when they walk and disappear much faster than anything that big has a right to vanish as fast.
Mansooratyale
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StankStankitus
...and that's when I browned the water.
ShadeMeadowsArt
MEGAFAUNA SPOTTED
ibuycrap
Upvote for the Jimi Hendrix mug.
AvidApostate
He's just a baby.
FLLingerieLuvr
First you say it, then you do it!
bingotown
Bill Cosby? I listened to that tape a lot of times as a kid.
FLLingerieLuvr
Yup!
Jaqdakloun
You boop the snoot, that's what
IMACheekyMonkey
Same thing happened to me while camping. I didn't realize moose were so chill. Mine stayed about an hour.
RevTang
Lucky it wasn't during the rut
theobstruction
Danger cow
Gangie1
Fun fact: During an infestation, a moose will carry between 30,000 and 100,000 ticks.
oneofrhesamsame
It is amazing unicorns are make believe. People are like ya right a horse with a horn get out of here. Then we have moose and giraffes
DaisyfromDownunder
Look for Squirrel.
BallSoupHumidity
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FinnStep19275
Yeah but have you ever seen meece on a geese?
GuysJustWannaFish
Young un.
OhIfIMust
Now Moose Juice, not Goose Juice, is juice for a moose…
Feralkyn
He's just a curious and easily spooked young lad
HeHeHebieJeebies
how to turn your patio lounge chair into a DIY toilet in two easy steps.
Snaitf
The correct phrasing is "...on the loose", not "...on a loose".
Not that it matters, but personally, I like to know when I make little mistakes like this.
If you don't care, then neither should anyone else and you can ignore me, lol.
steelundecided
Looks like a Jimi Hendrix mug but I need some feedback from anyone
Detoc
His mug looked more moose-like to me.
AtaSeaParks
What's that dangly doodad on its neck? It's quite long.
kymta
It's called a dewlap. We don't really know what it does, but it's been suggested that it helps with heat management.
AtaSeaParks
Thanks!
tonehoundsmoser9
Møøse once bit my sister...
gearsmith
I feel bad for the moose now, I hope it's okay.
countbassy
On the knuckle?
YouAlreadyMutedMe
We apologize for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked.
FishSausages
We apologize again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking those who have just been sacked, have been sacked.
countbassy
Always upvote Monty Python
BeaverOnFire
Did she become a ware-moose?
extraDimensionalAnxiety
Or at least gain moose powers?
suttonsboot
Just a giant knuckle
ForrestDwellingDonkey
At least a dingo didn't take her baby
AtLeastImWearingUnderwear
Near the løveli låkes?
BillBarian
No, realli!
thisisnotfineffs
She was karving her initials into the moose with the sharpened end of an interspace toothbrush given to her by Svenge—her brother-in-law— an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian movies: "The Hot Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Molars of Horst Nordfink"...
76000BatteryLlamas
What about the 76,000 battery llamas from “Llama-Fresh” Farms Ltd. near Paraguay?
GeraldsNinjaStar
Seagulls took my sister.
https://youtu.be/kN9rNN7BnnA?si=jjoDK6hWWye56Mr6
TheGddmnBatman
Moose bites can be pretty nasty mind you.
ElderLurkerInNeedOfaCane
Llama llama llama
IGotLordVoldemortsNose
I have never bitten a moose, how nasty does it taste?
OMFGWhatHaveWeDONE
bitemark
My walnuts!
BarkingBlackbird
Zim was a good time
malachilenomade
More is coming (it was recently announced)
Athol
Are those...walnuts?
azazyel
They always talk about the flight or flight response. Some of us have the freeze response, that would have engaged here for me.
AramilNeogi
Better than committing to the fourth response..
DarkZalgo
The fourth response is fawn which is similar to freeze but part of the response is a sort of people pleasing response, which doesn't really apply here
LeumisRichardson
What I usually do when large wildlife wanders up unexpectedly is literally say "hi" give them the side eye for a moment, and then very casually start paying attention to the tasty looking foliage beside me. It seems to me that most animals at the very least are tuned into whether another animal is eating plants or not and whether or not you care about defending those plants.
Dubs1
The freeze response is what most people go through before flight or fight. Like just a half second of processing before picking one or another. But, some people never get past it.
Feralkyn
There's nothing wrong with a freeze response, tbf. Or sticking in it, if it's the safe option--as here, really. Non-threatening response, doesn't trigger prey drive, can help you blend in in certain situations, etc. Just in response to 'some people never get past it.'
Feralkyn
To add to that, it doesn't necessarily come before another response or only last a short time--it's a viable survival strat on its own
azazyel
Ya see I'd pretend to sleep, maybe snore slightly, That way the animal would be all "oh it's sleeping, I don't want to wake it up I'll just quietly go away."
PocketCheese
Been working on my freeze response for decades. Sometimes it is better to let hot oil or metal set on my skin rather than spreading it around. Not all insects need to be smitten just for touching me. I'd rather be rational than rash.
Feralkyn
Same with, specifically, spiders. I have a tarantula now and if the worst happens and she bolts out onto my hands or something, or even bites, I don't want to panic-fling and kill her. I've dialled it down with wild spiders, at least, to the point where I don't fling; my reaction's more like with my cats, where if they scratch they get a firm but gentle reprimand and no jerky hands.
Feralkyn
(I don't handle my spider, and I practice as safe as possible "handling" in terms of feeding/water changes and rarely even fully open the enclosure, but they can be EXTREMELY fast and I think it's better safe than sorry with my own reactions)
vurcease
I guess sitting still and presenting as non-threatening is the best you can do if one walks up on you unexpectedly. Yike +1
bourbonandbaddecisions
Should have worn their brown sweat pants
WVUMattmang85
I'd assume the massive crap in my pants might scare it away. Which is exactly the reason I would have crapped myself...no other reason
midrealmknight
“You reach back, grab a handful of shit and throw it in the lion’s face.”
“Where do I get the shit?”
“Don’t worry it’ll be there.”
vurcease
It's just standard procedure.
Letstrythisonemotime
Me heading to taco bell tonight like
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thecoloradokid
Yep. Had similar experience backpacking, took a nap in my hammock, woke up to a moose giving me the sniffs. Could have stomped me out, I just froze and it moved on.
frozenlake247
I think key is that if it felt safe to move this closely without being triggered into an attack or causing suspicious/threatening behavior from the person/thing it approached it is probably relatively unlikely to attack if the person just keeps still and doesn’t do anything to startle it.
I wouldn’t bet on it enough to just sit there given a chance to move away before it got close but if one came up with no warning it would be my guess on the best bet.
firlefranz
That's how it’s with me and the girls, too. I sniff around. They freeze up, and I move on.
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Feralkyn
They generally strike me as exceedingly "polite" animals, so to speak. They might disregard boundaries a little (what's a boundary when you're seven feet tall, right?) but they seem aware of their size and pretty delicate in their behavior.
teumessianfox
While I've never had an encounter, I heard all sorts of stories about moose while I was in Montana. Pushing a small parked car over a cliff, running across a field just to attack a hiker...lots of unprovoked aggro behavior. But that's just what I've heard.
Feralkyn
I've heard horrors as well and definitely wouldn't go near one but all the vids I've seen are like this young gent
AvidApostate
I have had to do that several times while hunting elk. Moose are terrifying. Play "ring around the tree" if they charge you, since they can't turn at speed.
GabbyJayYay
Apparently cant do this with bison
AvidApostate
When I say "ring around the tree", I don't mean a 30' diameter tree. I mean a tree that is 2-3' diameter at most. And also, I imagine it will be harder to be quick when I'm 65, which I have about 20 years on...
youshouldhaveseenmyotherusernamethatdidntmakeit
To soon lol
JackieTreehornProductions
Did they decide the fate of that bison yet? Heard they were considering putting it down since it attacked unprovoked
RueandWoe
It won't be euthanized. https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/yellowstone-bison-involved-viral-tourist-182042306.html
PenguinPete
I heard they weren't putting it down.
GreatLarry
Since it attacked “unprovoked”? Are you telling me wild animals need a motive to do wild animal shit in their own fucking home? Does this bison need to hire a bison lawyer to defend himself? Dicks out for Bisonbe!
BrengKapiteinKoekTerug
They do in the land of the “free” lmao.
JackieTreehornProductions
It was at a campsite. Is there postings about wild animals and being careful not to interact with the wildlife? YES. Did grandpa do anything wrong in that situation? Not really - he just wasn't ready to be attacked. I think everyone learned a lesson about taking those warning seriously but I didn't want them to kill the bison for doing bison things.
69Voltage
A little too late to ask what to do
Zamerine
panic
VagabondEngineer
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MantisTobagganMD
OhIfIMust
I just said this to myself yesterday.
GabbyJayYay
Underrated movie
aabcdort
Majestic, and terrifying. If you've never seen one up close: they're bigger than you're picturing in your head.
Canigetbannedagain2
1000+ lbs of dumb and angry, that's a nope for me.
Travelcedric
1000 kg of mega fauna
thedewser
One wandered in front of my old Dodge Dakota up in Maine and even as a young one, it still stood a good couple feet above the hood.
NoMuffinsToSpare
Not exactly majestic, they're bizarrely proportioned dorks typically draped in swamp flora
InitHello
Especially in their final form.
southflhitnrun
My literal thoughts when first seeing a lion in the wild.
PowerFart
People think they’re like big horses. They’re so- so much bigger than any horse you’ve ever seen.
JustAName00
On average, they're actually comparable in height and smaller in weight that a shire horse.
suretoast
Yes but those things are also absolute units so it’s tautological
Wapusk
Nope... bigger... biiigeeer. Mm-mmn, BIGGER!
kitsunekimmy
I remember when I was 3 years old and saw one outside my house in Alaska at the time. VERY glad I knew better than to open my front door to get a better look.
bbrown1012
My daughter seen her first moose at age 3. Moose was looking through window. She was terrified.
yamsonyamsonyams
Most moose attacks are people walking their dogs
Moosen hate dogs
Rogahar
Its sorta like the "Is that a Crow or a Raven?" question.
If you see a large antlered ungulate and think "is that a moose or a deer?", its a deer.
If you see a large antlered ungulate and think "FUCK that's a big fucken animal!", it's a Moose.
rulerofthedingdongs
That’s a young’un. He’s big, but not full grown moose big. Another clue is that he ran when startled. They were lucky.
SexGolem
Most moose, even adult males, would just sniff and leave in this situation. They aren't indiscriminate murder machines.
Larktonguesinadicecup
They're discriminate murder machines
SexGolem
They like to get to know you first.
Lowland
Mamma moose with a calf on the other hand…….
rulerofthedingdongs
Or male in the rut.
b0stark
They're probably still even bigger than what they imagine after reading your comment. Full-grown moose are crazy large.
cropduster5000
Once saw one while driving a dirt road in NE Oregon. Was in a friend’s 2nd gen Prius and we could have driven under the thing without touching its belly or legs. Fucking massive creatures
GrammarCorrectionsOfficer
Closer to an elephant than a cow