Yeah, as those pictures demonstrate there’s a world of difference between a moose and a deer.
If you hit a deer, your car get trashed.
If you hit a moose, you die.
Kalle
5462
The worst thing about moose on the road? Those high legs means that when you hit one the legs will just snap or fold and all that bulk is coming straight at your windshield. It can and will buckle the roof supports and crush you flat since quite a lot of cars are not designed to withstand that kind of impact.
Yeah. I know some folks who hit one on the road with their Jeep Cherokee. The vehicle was totaled, but somehow they avoided serious injury, because it came down on the hood and slammed into the door pillar, rather than coming through the windshield or landing on the roof.
Strato
5464
I have one (somewhat serious). Is it possible to break moose in and ride them? Because if so, that would be friggin awesome. I mean, if we can ride horses and camels, then why not moose? It could have been Norway’s answer to Genghis Khan if he ever went up that way.
Kalle
5465
The driver survived with minor injuries. No passengers, thankfully.
Not exactly an answer, but related: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostroma_Moose_Farm
Kalle
5467
I looked it up and there are some Swedish historical accounts from the 18th and 19th century of Moose farming as an experimental venture and a few stories of people that actually did tame and ride a moose, thought some accounts mention that it’s hard or impossible to steer. So, doable but not really practical.
Strato
5468
Thanks!
I couldn’t imagine them to be all that agile, but they would make good drafthorse replacements. Part of the reason I asked though is because of the strange lure which is camel racing and just how awesome it is. Or maybe it is because watching the camel cup is when it is fairly warm, dry, dusty, and plenty of alcohol is consumed. I reckon moose racing would be much the same, except probably cold and damp.
Møøøse are quite tasty, I’d like to add.
You’d think those mighty antlers would make for great handlebars…
Some animals apparently are just hard to tame, even though they look like you could tame them. For instance, there are lots of animals that look like they could be tamed in the Sarengeti, but apparently that’s not the case. Jared Diamond talks about this quite a bit in Guns, Germs, and Steel.
Juste
5472
Oh yes indeed! My girlfriends cousin is a hunter and we buy about 20 kg of moose from him every year, about 50/50 steaks and ground beef. They make excellent burgers!
mk56
5473
I was driving at night on the highway once and at the edge of my headlights there was, what appeared to my eyes anyway, something fluttering through the air like a plastic bag into my lane ahead. I slowed down (thankfully) out of habit only to realize that the thing rotating through the air was a deer, limbs flailing, previously side-swiped by a car ahead of me in an adjacent lane.
It smacked the front of my car but only did minor damage. I guess the first hit softened him up a bit.
I now officially hate that Eykëjerfjällakallevillakulla-volcano and damn terrerrists.
Monday we received an invitation for a press event in New York. I didn’t think I’d get it, but the other potentials all declined. It was only one night in NY, which is a bit far to travel just for that, so I asked if I could change departure and prolong my stay (I’ve never been to New York). No problem.
Today I got a mail and instead of flight and accommodation details it just said that the event had been cancelled due to volcano activity in Iceland and terrorist threats against Times Square.
Motherfuckers… (and I’m such a sore loser, so being given something and then have it yanked away angers me more than not)
Rimbo
5475
That bøøk rocks so much.
As søøn as the discussion turned to taming møøse, that bøøk immediately came to mind.
Rimbo
5476
It’s the fear of terrorists that are the problem. Not the terrorists themselves. Your chances of dying in an auto accident are much higher, but few people stop riding in cars because of it.
It was TribalFest 10 in Sebastapol, California. Does she dance with a troupe at all? Where at? We may have run into each other and not known it! I dance with Skin Deep in Seattle.
Sure, I know that. I’m not afraid of terrorists… or volcanic ash for that matter. If it was up to me I’d take my fucking chances … just as long as there’s no risk of møøøse on the runway. Those things are fucking dangerous.
My wife and I started weight lifting. Like, in the free weight area using actual barbells and plates. It’s been fun! She wanted to work out with me so she gave it a try and she’s liking it so far.
We’re going to Rippetoe ourselves into amazingness.
