# Have moose and deer divided up Canada **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-moose-and-deer-divided-up-canada/732145 "2015-09-21T20:24:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-moose-and-deer-divided-up-canada/732145/1 "2015-09-21T20:24:21Z")
I was driving west on the Trans Canada Highway over Lake Superior, and I noticed something odd. All the animal warning signs from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay, were warnings about moose crossings. And from Thunder Bay to Duluth, every single sign I saw was a deer crossing sign. Other than the two species agreeing to split up the territory, what would explain this? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-moose-and-deer-divided-up-canada/732145/2 "2015-09-21T20:43:13Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > I was driving west on the Trans Canada Highway over Lake Superior, and I noticed something odd. All the animal warning signs from Sault Ste. Marie to Thunder Bay, were warnings about moose crossings. And from Thunder Bay to Duluth, every single sign I saw was a deer crossing sign. > > Other than the two species agreeing to split up the territory, what would explain this? I would guess differing ecological zones. From Thunder Bay to the Sault is Cervid Ecological Zone “B”, while from Sault St. Marie to Duluth, the landscape, ecology and resultant habitat changes to one that better supports deer populations. Just having a guess here. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-moose-and-deer-divided-up-canada/732145/3 "2015-09-21T20:59:11Z")
Double post ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-moose-and-deer-divided-up-canada/732145/4 "2015-09-23T00:12:54Z")
And here I always thought it would be moose and squirrel (said in my best Boris and Natasha accent). ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-moose-and-deer-divided-up-canada/732145/5 "2015-09-23T00:40:51Z")
I don’t know about that area, but from signs I’ve seen they seem to show the largest species that are common in the area, so if elk are present it is not necessary to put up mule deer signs. While moose cover both ranges perhaps they are less likely to be a danger in one. Either that or there are considerably stupider moose populations. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-moose-and-deer-divided-up-canada/732145/6 "2015-09-23T00:45:09Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Have moose and deer divided up Canada No, Moose and Squirrel have divided up Pottsylvania! Und HOO-BOY! Is Fearless Leader POed?