My home town
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We have a road in Gosport called anker lane, the council just can't keep up with the regular nocturnal updates….
I have a student this year named Anker. It is an extreme test of my resolve and testament to depths of will power that I didn't know I had, that I have not made any of the obvious puns yet. It isn't like he doesn't deserve it either.
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Something of a contrast to Gosport….
As the fam were getting ready to leave the house this morning we sent the boys out into the veranda to run about as we got our Wesco’s on. As we were taking a while I stuck my head out to check on them. Just as well I did as in that moment I saw something potentially dangerous but also very beautiful and a bit mental.
First came mummy...
Followed by child number one…
Then child number two
Then they stopped 10 meters away from us for a spot of breakfast:
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Wildlife right on your doorstep. Beautiful
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the 2-legged versions that is…...
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@Chap Moose are one of the worlds most dangerous animals if they feel threatened by humans.
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Beautiful!
Side note: also love those black tile roofs!
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@Chap Moose are one of the worlds most dangerous animals if they feel threatened by humans.
I see… their sheer size alone makes them dangerous. But I thought they would flee like deer when humans appear. My father worked in the automotive industry and was many times in northern parts of sweden where the winter testing grounds are... he was always adviced to drive very carefully up there not to have an accident with a moose.
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Up in the Great White North, if you hit a moose with your car, your car is done and you will sustain some injuries, but the moose will likely walk away fine.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose_test
https://mercedesblog.com/20-years-since-mercedes-a-class-elch-test-scandal/
I know
my father worked for Svenska Kullagerfabriken and Volvocars during that time and laughed a lot about the moose test failure with the Mercedes -
Awesome way to start the day @neph93 almost thought The_Bourbon_Denim_Guy/denim_rambler (whatever his forum handle is
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in perth, we have this amongst many more. i've never seen this sign in it's intended way, just saying.. i believe they kinda gave up on fixing it..
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@Chap Moose are one of the worlds most dangerous animals if they feel threatened by humans.
I see… their sheer size alone makes them dangerous. But I thought they would flee like deer when humans appear. My father worked in the automotive industry and was many times in northern parts of sweden where the winter testing grounds are... he was always adviced to drive very carefully up there not to have an accident with a moose.
They can be quite surly.
Difficult to see on the road they're so tall that the legs are at eye level and you get 1200lbs. of moose in the face. ??? -
Moose crashes are a serious problem. On our 2000km round trip through Norway this summer I saw three elk in stretches of road that are windy and have a 80-90km/h speed limit. Luckily didn’t meet one on a bend. However we did come upon a elk that had been clipped by a car and had to wait in a queue for an hour while a vet came out to put it down and remove it.
As for their attitudes to humans the males just walk around like they own the place and don’t give a fekk. Mothers with their calves are the problem though, which was why this morning was tricky. Some of my idiot neighbours came out of their houses to take pics and boxed them in. The mother got super stressed and charged a woman but broke it off when the woman legged it.
