They seem to have a pretty shaggy looking coat right now. Perhaps it is the transition from winter fur to summer.
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It took me about 30-45 minutes of slowly creeping closer. They never seemed terribly worried about me and I always had a mapped out plan to run for my life.
Quite the lovely pair.
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I think Junior told mom a joke. Looks that way...
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I've seen dogs scratch behind their ears, but it is quite something to see with a young moose.
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They were mostly pruning back Bill's lovely lawn. It is tough to do when you are tall and awkward though. I like this adaptation. Something half way between standing up and laying down. It seemed to work quite well.
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I'm going to have to get better at judging males vs females and ages. Everything I have found on the web says that to age a moose, you should look closely at its teeth. I am guessing this applies to a hunter who has killed the moose, because I can't see anyone snuggling up close enough to check a moose's molars.
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