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Moose undisturbed by stun gun jolt
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| Feb. 16, 2011
Posted on 02/16/2011 7:31:22 PM PST by JoeProBono
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, The Alaska Department of Fish and Game said biologists were unable to remove a rope from around a moose's neck despite employing a special wildlife stun gun.
The department said biologists had the stun gun specially shipped to use on the Fairbanks moose, which has had the rope around her neck since she was pulled from the Chena River Jan. 2 by people who saw her fall through the ice, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Wednesday.
The biologists said they attempted to stun the moose from 25 feet, the device's maximum effective distance, but the animal seemed unaffected.
"We got a couple shots at her, but we couldn't get both probes to stick, probably because of her thick winter hair," biologist Don Young said.
The team decided to allow the moose to wear the rope, which does not appear to be hindering its ability to breathe, eat or drink.
"She's not inhibited by the rope," Young said. "We watched her feed and it doesn't bother her. The rope is not hanging up on anything. It tracks right between her legs. It's a pretty short rope."
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: alaska; moose; stun
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To: wrench
I have a fix.
Shoot the moose. Take off rope.
Then eat it.
Problem solved, plus where to get hamburgers to go with said donuts.
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posted on
02/16/2011 8:46:06 PM PST
by
I still care
(I miss my friends, bagels, and the NYC skyline - but not the taxes. I love the South.)
To: Porterville
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posted on
02/16/2011 8:52:52 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: I still care
Shoot the moose. Take off rope.
Then eat it.
Isn’t rope rather tough to chew? :-)
23
posted on
02/16/2011 8:58:09 PM PST
by
Rannug
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-qH02g4DLI)
To: JoeProBono
A moose once bit my sister!
To: JoeProBono
"She's not inhibited by the rope,"Shouldn't that be.....
the Moose is not Loose because of the Noose?
A La Dr. Seuss
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posted on
02/16/2011 9:02:10 PM PST
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: Revolting cat!
26
posted on
02/16/2011 9:03:28 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: libertarian27
27
posted on
02/16/2011 9:05:28 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
“Are you still serving Breakfast?”
28
posted on
02/16/2011 9:07:35 PM PST
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: JoeProBono
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
02/16/2011 9:14:27 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: Porterville
You know those moose bites can be nasti.
What they hell were they thinking trying to stun gun a 2000 lb moose? Those animals are huge.
Try stun gunning a brahma bull and see what happens.
To: JoeProBono
32
posted on
02/16/2011 9:17:48 PM PST
by
upsdriver
(to undo the damage the "intellectual elites" have done. . . . . Sarah Palin for President!)
To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Typical tourists! I have had tourists ask me where they can pet bears!
34
posted on
02/16/2011 9:28:02 PM PST
by
Inyo-Mono
(Had God not driven man from the Garden of Eden the Sierra Club surely would have.)
To: Inyo-Mono
I have had tourists ask me where they can pet bears!Silly to even ask! On the back of their heads like dogs and cats. Sheesh!
To: Inyo-Mono
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posted on
02/16/2011 9:37:30 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: JoeProBono
Now that’s a pictorial representation of “hubris”!
37
posted on
02/16/2011 9:42:04 PM PST
by
pankot
To: JoeProBono
Whoever took that picture is better than I am. I’d have been laughing so hard it would have been a blur.
To: JoeProBono
39
posted on
02/16/2011 11:37:20 PM PST
by
SAJ
(Zerobama -- a phony and a prick, therefore a dildo.)
To: JoeProBono
40
posted on
02/17/2011 5:44:24 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(Laz would hit it!)
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