# Moose are funnier than elk. Why? And by how much? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 11, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028 "2013-10-11T22:53:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/41 "2013-10-15T17:13:05Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > Moose is a funny word. Moose. Moose. Moooooooooooose. And the plural is meese. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/42 "2013-10-16T15:59:21Z")
Moose antlers are roundish, elk antlers are pointy. Pointy is not funny. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/43 "2013-10-16T17:01:40Z")
Moose AND squirrel are the funniest. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/44 "2013-10-16T22:44:17Z")
Elk are more likely to be around for some time, Moose not so much. > **[Moose die-off is massive, and a mystery to scientists](https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1015/Moose-die-off-is-massive-and-a-mystery-to-scientists)** > > Moose die-off: All across the US, moose are dying in large numbers – and scientists haven't figured out why yet. Climate change may be behind the moose die-off. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/45 "2013-10-17T00:40:20Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > Elk are more likely to be around for some time, Moose not so much. > > [Moose die-off is massive, and a mystery to scientists - CSMonitor.com](http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2013/1015/Moose-die-off-is-massive-and-a-mystery-to-scientists-video) Tell that to the [Irish elk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_elk). ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/46 "2013-10-17T02:43:20Z")
It’s the proportions. Elk: graceful body proportioned in scale to the legs and head, with majestic antlers. Moose: big chest, skinny heinie, bulbous nose, long-ass legs and antlers that appear to be tilted 45○. This guy looks like he was designed by a committee of drunken clowns. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/47 "2013-10-17T05:50:15Z")
> [@as\_u\_wish](#): > > More fodder for discussion: Elk may be good to eat, but chocolate mousse is better. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kUtCrPWgVjI?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028/48 "2013-10-17T18:08:35Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Could it be because elk don’t mate with [statues](http://i.imgur.com/el8U4.jpg)? > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Elk also don’t get [stuck in swing sets](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZroC_iYub-w). > > Damn, they’re in Utah already! Better hide. Elk also don’t [get drunk and stuck in trees](http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/europe/09/08/sweden.drunken.moose/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moose-are-funnier-than-elk-why-and-by-how-much/671028.md?page=2)