The Lake Superior Zoo at the south end of Duluth has lions. (Just be sure to leave before they close the zoo at the end of the day, or you’ll get a really odd look from a security guy when you walk out an emergency exit Just sayin . . . .)
Good advice. Here’s Scouting magazine on best practices around aggressive møøse: How to survive an encounter with an aggressive moose
No kidding, they like to walk around town nibbling on the grass of peoples lawns. Here is one in my back yard when I still lived there.
I wish there was a functional moose-detection system there.
From the story:
Driving the TCH at night is terrifying. Also the Northern Peninsula. On occasion I have to drive from St. John’s to a town on the Northern Pen, and I hate, hate having to do any part of it after dark. Especially the stretch through Terra Nova.
And do not come between a mama moose and her baby. That could get you stomped to death. Moose aren’t as tame as they look.
We were driving along a mountain road one day and came across a mama and her older calf. She sent the calf into the bush along the side of the road while she continued to trot along in the middle of the road in front of us. We very slowly followed, after a couple of minutes she turned and charged at us. We were in a good sized company truck but she didn’t care, so then we were backing up a lot faster than we had been doing as were were going up the mountain. So then imagine we were on foot!
I’m reviving this thread to say: moosion accomplished! MaxTheVool and I had an amazing trip to Isle Royale, and saw three moose does (cows?). No babies or bulls, worse luck, but a good excuse to come back!
Isle Royale was amazing and gorgeous and we loved it. Unreservedly recommended.
Yay!
Northern BC and Yukon Territory, along the Alcan Highway. You get the additional bonuses of caribou, bison and bear.
Yay! So glad for you. Beautiful locale in which to spot them too.
Congrats!
Glad to hear!
I had a pretty close encounter this year. I was backyard camping at my in-laws two weeks ago. They live about 20 minutes from town on the shore of a little lake. I had heard some strange sounds in the middle of the night but didn’t think too much of it. When I woke up I found moose prints not more than 5ft away from the tent. I guess we had had a visitor in the night.
Yes, female moose are cows, their babies are calves, and the male are bulls.
Yay!!
The one time we saw moose on the hoof was during a trip to Grand Teton, 30 years ago. On a hike we saw a female moose across a lake (no calf in sight, though that doesn’t mean there wasn’t one somewhere). Then a day or two later, a bull moose walked right through our campsite, no more than 30 feet away - we did not try to get close.
I’ve driven I-95 through southern Maine 4 times in the past year, and there are moose crossing signs every couple of miles. I have yet to see one. I think that’s false advertising and I should sue someone.