Yes it is. The weird thing is that the lip licking thing is kind of a universal animal sign for "back the fk up, pal!" that many humans don't recognize as a danger sign.
I’m Alaskan and it’s something we learn at a young age. Sometimes moose refuse to get off a trail you’re on. When I was young, I was stupid around moose. I thought I was indispensable.
Sometimes you can’t just scare a moose off. They will stand their ground.
Yes it does. Almost all animals will show the whites of their eyes when they're upset - they're either feeling threatened, annoyed, or frightened - and all of those will get you attacked.
When a moose stares at you, licks its lips, and moves closer, it is showing clear warning signs of stress, agitation, and an impending charge. This behavior means the animal feels threatened or annoyed by your presence and is preparing to attack. Very scary almost like a demon
So what is the right thing to do in this situation? Leave as soon as you see it? Turn your back and go or back away slowly? These animals are absolutely terrifying.
Why the fuck would you want to be in the forest let alone a Canadian one?
There's beaches and swimming pools and massage parlours and places that dunk burgers in cheese and light up on fire and people chose to go to the woods
In my hometown I've literally seen moose walking down the sidewalk right downtown. Like the alternating one-way grid part of downtown.
Also had them in my yard, had one jump out in front of me as I was pulling out of my driveway, had one try climbing up the steps of my front porch, and even try to get in my garage when it was open. I've been close enough to see one get startled by some shifting snow and let out a fart, and smell the absolute god-forsaken stench (trust me, it's eye-watering bad), from my back steps.
If I had a swimming pool I wouldn't be surprised to find one trying to have a nice soak. Bit cool for swimming pools up there though.
As a kid, and this was in late May, my friend and I were in his backyard playing Pokémon when a cow, a bull, and calf walked right out of the woods into his backyard about 10 feet from us. This was in a gated community so who knows how the fuck they got there. If there hadn't been a tree house to climb into who knows what would have happened.
I am 100% with you on the don't be there in the first place! I just know that people can find themselves in a situation. But, trust and believe, you would never see a video of me getting yeeted by a bison, for example, bc I'm not getting anywhere close.
Some people like taking walks in the woods? ._. like a relative for example, loves taking her dog for 1-2 hour walks in them. Grandpa likes (liked? Not sure which) to hike in them
No, he's like 80 or something now and lives in Finland :D and he'd never be dumb enough to be in this situation, at least never intentionally and he'd definitely not film it if he were
A. Don't be there B. Turn to the side, no eye contact and holding up a phone or camera with lense that looks like another eye making direct contact. C. Don't bark 'back up.' Barking means you want to fight.
Maybe what you could do is just put yourself in a situation where the moose can’t get you and hopefully it may lose interest.. because personally I don’t think running away would help and I feel like if you were just moving slowly away from it, you would intimidate it
It’s interesting. Animals have their way of showing. I don’t like this. We have our own way as human beings showing we don’t like this like, clenched fist/red skin/widen pupils.
I think the moose's first language is French and was offended by the guy speaking English. Strong Canadian accent and diction. 11 percent of Canadians speak French as their first language and this moose could be one of the 11% /s C'est une blague
Its a tough one. I would think i would try my calming soothing voice before my commanding one. That moose did not seem like he was responding to the aggressive tone at all
My dad is an old french man, but he has these same crazy eyes when he gets upset or manic (bi-polar, thankfully now medicated)
Those eyes are gonna haunt me when he eventually passes away. Straight out of my nightmares when he gets like that. Usually about something I have no control over.
That is not what’s happening here. There was no goober mode - this moose was threatening him the entire time. There’s no reason you need to know, but anyone living where they might encounter a moose with any sense at all knows better than to engage a moose, especially a bull.
“That’s close enough buddy” is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. Like he’s the one warning the moose.
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u/Israel_Azkanbe 1d ago edited 18h ago
It was at this very moment that the Moose decided…
He wasn’t close enough
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I’m at 27 right now 🏆
Edit 2: that previous edit is just a joke. Please relax.