Moosey-Moose...

[equusmaximus]

     One of my favourite things about living out here on the farm is the abundance of wildlife around us.  We see a lot of deer, the occasional fox, coyotes, a badger now and then, but today was the first time I saw a moose - up close.

I was getting water for the horses from the frost-proof faucet on the east side of the house when I heard a *

Comments

[centauress]

The only time I've seen a moose in the wild is from tens of miles away - on a different mountain from the one I was standing on.

Congrats on seeing such a quintessentially Canadian animal ^-^

[equusmaximus]

Thanks! :) The other "quintessnetial Canadian Animal" would be Canada Geese, which we get here quite often. No beavers though, at least not here on the farm. I have seen plenty of them though; For a while there they were causing a real problem back in Calgary because they were building dams in the middle of the city (Calgary has two rivers that flow right through it) and causing flooding in areas.

[hossblacksilver]

I once saw a, regrettably, road-killed beaver a quarter mile from my uncle's house in the suburbs of Atlanta.

[kevinbunny]

A møøse önce bit my sister...

[equusmaximus]

So does she turn into a moose in the light of a full moon? %)

[hossblacksilver]

And the coincidence is not lost on me that while I read this on the television there's a show talking about the knights of Camelot.

[equusmaximus]

I'm guessing there's a Monty Python joke in here, but I'm afraid I don't get it. :/