Snow complicates life for Alaska's moose

AP on Yahoo ^ | 1/30/07 | Rachel D'Oro - ap

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A moose calf and its mother eat crab apples and branches from a tree at an Anchorage, Alaska home Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage each winter but the snow in town this year is too deep even for the stilt-legged animals. So they're going where they'd rather not, choosing major roads, plowed sidewalks and groomed trails to sidestep the great mounds piling up in neighborhoods and greenbelts during a remarkably snowy month in Alaska's largest city. (AP Photo/Al Grillo)

[NormsRevenge]

I brake for ungulates.
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On the Net:

http://www.adfg.state.ak.us

http://afdes.uaa.alaska.edu

http://www.growmoremoose.org

http://www.nuisancewildlifemanagement.com

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Photo by AL GRILLO / AP

A moose tries to eat a frozen pumpkin left over from Halloween at an Anchorage home, Jan. 16, 2007.

[festus]

A moose once bit my sister....


Is the snow caused by to much global warming ?

[Lady Jag]

White tail deer in MA eat all our landscaping in winter, too. It's what they do.

Most of them, anyway.

[Lakeshark]

Is the snow caused by to much global warming ?

Of course it is silly........so grand is this theory that even heavy cold snaps like we are getting now are caused by this theory.

Every weather condition is caused by global warming.

/sarcasm

[Lakeshark]

They enjoy eating around here during all four seasons.

Of course, the manual called "Kill it and Grill it" comes from around here as well.

I trust you have this one from reading your earlier notes on snow shovelling.........

[Lady Jag]

There are a lot of places where venison is popular, which lake are you the shark of?

[VRWCmember]

Mooses on the Loose? Protect your sisters.

(A moose once bit my sister)

Mind you, moose bits kan be pretti nasti.

[Lakeshark]

The second largest.

The biggest is just too dang cold.

[Lady Jag]

HOMES? I don't know their sizes.

Michigan? The windy village?

[Lakeshark]

Lake Michigan.

It's a lot like the ocean........happens to be my back yard.

[Xenalyte]

"Look, I explained to you moose last week that there were gonna be changes, and exactly what those changes were. I can't help it if you didn't prepare. Now get ready, because you're about to do seven hours of paperwork."

[thackney]

anchorage moose ping

[unspun]

Is it Bush or is it Snow, getting in the way?

They're always getting blamed for something.

[thackney]

Moose eat up to 40 pounds of wood a day, enough to fill two large garbage cans

Now I want you to realize what we have to deal with up here. Eating wood is a rather high fiber diet. Cellulose is not overly digestible if you get my meaning...

[thackney]

A moose browsing on a lighted tree in Town Square Park gets a face full of snow, Jan. 10, 2007.
Photo by BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News

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A moose browsing on trees at Town Square Park shows its frosty face while standing on the sidewalk along Fifth Avenue in downtown Anchorage recently.
Photo by BILL ROTH / Anchorage Daily News

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A moose cow walks through a wooded area near Strawberry Road recently. A calf wandered nearby and the two nosed through snowy branches for browse and munch.
Photo by MARC LESTER / Anchorage Daily News

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More Moose Photos from ADN

[proud_yank]

Cellulose is not overly digestible if you get my meaning...

LOL! The main entrance to our office is covered in moose nuggets. We've had a cow coming around, and apparently a small bull recently too. I saw him on the side walk on 36th on Fri night.

Theres some old tracks through my yard, but I haven't seen any here in a while.

[proud_yank]

Is the snow caused by to much global warming ?

Yes, as a matter of fact it is. The sub-zero weather that followed our tropical blizzard was also caused by global warming(tm).

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks!