The Cellar Image of the Day

Why is it a Thursday image if the beast chases another beast, but a Friday image if the beast chases a human? I doubt the guy got hurt in this xoB/WaPo image, which apparently took place in Ogden, Utah. The caption says they were trying to hit it with a tranquilizer gun but the moose got the better of them somehow.

I read something about this in the paper. IIRC the guy was actually trying to get the moose to chase him to lead it to a better location. Either to shoot it with a dart or maybe catch it somehow.

Run, Forrest, run.

But somebody must have had a camera at the ready... the window of opportunity for a shot like this must be pretty small.

Quote:

Moose Nose in Jelly
- 1 Upper jawbone of a moose
- 1 Onion; sliced
- 1 Garlic clove
- 1 tb mixed pickling spice
- 1 ts salt
- 1/2 ts pepper
- 1/4 c vinegar
Cut the upper jaw bone of the moose just below the eyes. Place in a large kettle of scalding water and boil for 45 minutes. Remove and chill in cold water. Pull out all the hairs - these will have been loosened by the boiling and should come out easily ( like plucking a duck). Wash thoroughly until no hairs remain. Place the nose in a kettle and cover with fresh water. Add onion, garlic, spices and vinegar Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until the meat is tender. Let cool overnight in the liquid. When cool, take the meat out of the broth, and remove and discard the bones and the cartilage. You will have two kinds of meat, white meat from the bulb of the nose, and thin strips of dark meat from along the bones and jowls. Slice the meat thinly and alternate layers of white and dark meat in a loaf pan. Reheat the broth to boiling, then pour the broth over the meat in the loaf pan. Let cool until jelly has set. Slice and serve cold.

See the look on that Moose's face? That is a benign, friendly look. It is NOT the look of pure evil glee like we saw on the rhino.

Could we get the Moose and the Rhino faces side by side, UT? Compare and contrast sorta thing?

There's a deal of telephoto flattening going on in the image, so I'm not sure how close he really is to the critter. Male meese are ~6 feet tall at the shoulder, so...

Moose doesn't seem to be in that big of a hurry, either. They supposedly gallop when they're running. That one's doing the trademark moose "shambling trot".

Looks like maybe the ossifer's trying to get ahead of the moose, like they're trying to herd it?

"Tycho Brahe (1546-1601), a famous physicist and astronomer, had a pet moose that once got drunk and died when it fell down the stairs in his castle."

I actually specialize in the Half-a-Moose. The photograph appears to be of a whole one.

I dont think the Moose is chasing him at all, I think they are long term buddies and they are just frollicking together...yes?? no??

Then again, I remember the pic of the moose stuck in the swing set (IotD?), so they dont seem particularly smart...but they are soooo cute!!

Foreshortening notwithstanding, I think the moose is a ways behind the officer... maybe the moose is really smart, and he's trying to herd/rout the guy from the side.

tulzscha: where on earth did you get that factoid about Tycho Brahe and his moose? that sounds like something Woody Allen would make up in a fit of absurdity.

(speaking of which, have you ever heard Woody Allen's sketch about the moose he hit on the way to a costume party?)

I believe he was trying to herd the moose toward his partner who had the dart gun, but the moose had other ideas. They are stubborn as hell and given their size & speed, tough to manage.

My aunt sent me a newspaper clipping from MA, that said a moose was taken down by a car at night. Several people called the police station wanting the carcase but were refused. When the wildlife biologists got there in the morning it was gone. They were pissed because there is no moose hunt there (yet) so they don't have many opportunities to examine one.

I think you've all got it wrong. What you can't see in this picture is that Rocky is chasing Boris. This nice officer is helping him, and Bullwinkle is pulling up the rear.