Posted on 11/24/2020 11:07:49 AM PST by Red Badger
Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Officials in a Canadian town are posting signs with a very important instruction for local drivers: "Do not let moose lick your car."
The signs, posted in Jasper, Alberta, ask drivers to keep their vehicles a safe distance from moose to make sure the animals don't get a taste of the road salt that inevitably ends up covering the sides of cars driving through the alpine town.
"They're obsessed with salt, it's one of the things they need for the minerals in their body," Jasper National Park spokesman Steve Young told CNN. "They usually get it from salt lakes in the park, but now they realized they can also get road salt that splashes onto cars."
Young said letting moose discover that they can get salt from licking vehicles causes the animals to lose their fear of cars, which can lead to dangerous incidents on the road.
"Moose and cars are not a good mix. If you hit the moose with your car, you take the legs out from under it and it's going through your windshield," Young said.
He said people should keep their cars, and themselves, a safe distance away from moose. He said the population of moose has been rising in the area.
"We've been seeing a lot more moose lately. The wolf population is decreasing, which means there's fewer predators and the moose population is going up as a result," Young said. "This also means people need to be respectful and give them space."
Moose bump
Good thing you didn’t backup into one.
How you gonna stop them?
Usually not wise to interrupt a large animal enjoying a snackš¤
Put up a sign!....................
No, it was a full frontal.....................
“Just how does one Stop a moose that really wants to lick your vehicle?”
Liberally apply hot sauce to the whole vehicle.
Its a terrifying experience. I hit one in a compact car a few years back. I thought someone rear-ended me since I never saw the deer. Once I got the smashed up wreck under control and on the shoulder, I saw the fur across the hood and figured out what happened.
ummmm
if a moose wants to lick your car
they are gonna lick your car
you’re gonna be a dead bunny trying to prevent that from happening
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Believe it or not, he’s still with us.
The obvious answer is to put out blocks of salt for moose as is done for cattle.
Bad luck. We personally didn’t hit the moose or else I wouldn’t be here to post about it.
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a automobile tootsie pop?
Possibilities...
Lord didnāt want me yet
“A moose once licked my sister.”/sarc
ā A moose once licked my sister.ā/sarcā
One once bit my sister. I think it was trying to pick her, but things went awry.
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