October 19, 2004
Moose on a wire
From the 'Those Four Legged Critters Do The Darndest Things' department: moose found hanging off power line 50 feet in the air. And yes, there is a picture.
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)), that's amazing! Thanks mothninja.
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The moose reportedly had an antler spread of 62 inches, a trophy bull by Alaska's big game standards, though Dave Davenport, a technician for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Delta Junction who handled the original call on Oct. 5, is still in the process of finding the antlers, which are state property. "I haven't seen the antlers," said Davenport. "I'm in the process of trying to get City Electric to turn over the antlers." Because hey, free antlers.
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Well, poor moose. And, somehow, I never thought about a 6 foot antler spread. Pretty amazing to someone who's never seen a live moose. But a thousand pounds or so of meat should get the local resident it was donated to through the winter. I just hope he or she shares.
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Like a moose on the wire, Like a Inuit in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free. Like a Alaska king salmon on a hook, Like a knight from some old fashioned book I have saved all my blubber for thee.
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Trophy antlers: the evolutionary dead end
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The moose was alive when it was lowered to the ground but was later killed when officials from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game decided against tranquilizing it to remove the wires because they were worried the moose, already stressed, would die and the meat would not be salvageable as a result of the drugs. Bastards. I know it's the north, but still. Maybe just hit the moose with a mellow dose and be a man. Fucking sad.
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Moosey in the Sky with Diamonds
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Goddanm, I need a mellow dose.
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CAN NOT FUCKING TYPE. Goddamn.
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Dude, you need a mellow dose.
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Dude, I need a mellow dose.
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You and the moose.
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And the people who killed it. Assholes.
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It's lucky they found it before the power was switched on. MooseBQ
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WTF? if they really wanted the moose to be free, they would have cut the wire on both ends (far away from him) and then just pull on one side 'till it comes off. A-holes.
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Poor moose.
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They could have just drugged the animal, untangle it, and then attempt to save it! You know, vets and all. It was all for the antlers, obvious.
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my sister did that with our mustang the car hooked on powerline driving up the guidewire it hung there for about three hours came down unharmed the next day she ran over the landscaping and busted the fuel line she also slammed my front tire into a curb and when it exploded asked "what happened?" she still thinks she's the best driver she knows maybe because she doesn't have a car any more
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I have had a mellow dose.
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to accompany your dellow moose?
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i plant this flag in the name of delamoose! looks suspiciously like the jamaican flag
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Moose lips sinks ships.
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loose nips link slips
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moo noo moo noo noo moo ?
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wild ducks squabble among the reeds crisp-edged mountains punctuate the sky wavering in the lake clouds and mountains shoulder past the dark bulk of a moose