Moose.
I’m sure we’ve all seen pictures of moose in nature. Beautiful creatures.
All pictures from Google
They honestly look pretty sweet… but there’s really nothing for scale in those pictures.
I was just living my life, thinking that moose are comparable in size to horses or slightly bigger than deer. Made sense to me.
I was so wrong, friends. So wrong.
Enter: moose.
He will crush your car like it’s nothing but a little bug.
Do not, under any circumstances, get out of your car if you see a moose. They can and will trample you if they think it’s necessary.
Oh, look! An average sized human dwarfed by the absolute unit beside her.
Now, they ARE in the deer family, which is probably why I thought they were deer-sized. But they are the largest animal in the deer family.
Let’s lay out some stats, shall we?
Adult moose can measure up to 6.9 ft (2.06 m) tall AT THE SHOULDER.
Adult males can weigh anywhere between 840 and 1500 lbs. (381 and 680.4 kg)
Adult females can weigh anywhere between 440 and 790 lbs. (199.6 and 358.3 kg)
Their max running speed is 35 mph (56.3 kph), which might not seem too fast, but lemme tell you, if there’s a 7 foot 1000 lb moose coming after me, that is indeed very fast.
They aren’t moosin’ around.