# Bull moose look scary... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668 "2010-12-19T01:48:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/1 "2010-12-19T01:48:03Z")
I’ve been trying to post to the [“Fun Facts” you made up](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=589651) thread, but have been having a hard time with a certain idea. I saw a picture today of a bull moose near some people on a website, and thought “damn!, that’s a strong looking animal.” So I thought I’d try and think up a post of some Native American tribe that would ride full grown bull moose into battle, their bow drawn, maybe decapitated heads hung from the moose’s beard. But then I remember actually seeing a moose in the wild (cow with her calf) and remember how slow and gentle they seemed. Hell, I only realized them when I turned and saw them, then they slowly (and incredibly silently) walked off away from me. I can picture said tribe coming upon an early English settlement, the settlers seeing the men on moose and running in fear, then the tribes men shrugging their shoulders and getting off their moose and patting their rump and the moose slowly walking back into the woods. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/2 "2010-12-19T02:15:51Z")
Moose can trample you to death in a few seconds. Do not approach them, do not get between them, do not feed, etc. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/3 "2010-12-19T02:30:01Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Moose can trample you to death in a few seconds. Do not approach them, do not get between them, do not feed, etc. Well, yeah, I know that they can do that, but it’s not a likely outcome of seeing a moose in the wild. Seriously, how cool would it have been to see men riding into battle on moose? If only moose weren’t so damn passive. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/4 "2010-12-19T03:03:05Z")
The protagonist of the old post-apocalypse novel _Hiero’s Journey_ rode a ferocious mutant moose. Quite a few bad guys got splattered by “plate sized hooves”. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/5 "2010-12-19T03:34:40Z")
Does moose count as the last of the North American megafauna? They sure look like they’d be at home in one of the _Ice Age_ movies. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/6 "2010-12-19T03:37:19Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Moose can trample you to death in a few seconds. Do not approach them, do not get between them, do not feed, etc. But, but, but…[SO CUTE!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNy9jTeolUk) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/7 "2010-12-19T04:02:51Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > But, but, but…[SO CUTE!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNy9jTeolUk) Y’know, I never in my life thought I’d put “cute” and “moose” in the same sentance, except possibly alongside the word “not”, and followed by the word “run”, but **Freudian Slit** is right. So cute! ---
**Author:** ![Renifer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/71c47a/32.png) [@Renifer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renifer)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/8 "2010-12-19T05:09:43Z")
Moose are big. Sometimes that’s all it takes for something to be scary. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/9 "2010-12-19T06:01:53Z")
Mynd you, moose bites Kan be pretti nasti… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/10 "2010-12-19T06:03:37Z")
> [@sparky\_1](#): > > Well, yeah, I know that they can do that, but it’s not a likely outcome of seeing a moose in the wild. It’s much more likely if you see a moose during rut (Oct/Nov). During that time, bull moose are very easily agitated and will charge without provocation. People do get stomped. Other times you can provoke a cow moose if the calves are nearby. I’ve had many moose encounters, but I always give them their space. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bull-moose-look-scary/564668/11 "2010-12-19T16:29:40Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > It’s much more likely if you see a moose during rut (Oct/Nov). During that time, bull moose are very easily agitated and will charge without provocation. People do get stomped. > > Other times you can provoke a cow moose if the calves are nearby. I’ve had many moose encounters, but I always give them their space. Moose are also agitated in the spring because they’re damned hungry. They are by far the most dangerous animal found in Alaska because they are common in urban areas and people are too stupid to avoid them.