Aptly named by whoever started this viral email...

Hmmm...what's that moose up to?

The images below the fold are morally reprehensible, even by moose standards.


Special thanks to Alan "B.A. Baracus" Bleiman for forwarding this along to us...
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Posted on: March 12, 2008 2:41 PM, by Benny Bleiman
Aptly named by whoever started this viral email...

Hmmm...what's that moose up to?

The images below the fold are morally reprehensible, even by moose standards.


Special thanks to Alan "B.A. Baracus" Bleiman for forwarding this along to us...
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Comments
Aha! Now we all know that the reproductive barrier between Alces alces and Bison bison geomorpha must be post-coital.
Posted by: nunatak | March 12, 2008 3:44 PM
Can't that moose just buy an inflatable doll like other wildlife? I'm just glad that Jerry Falwell never lived to see this.
Posted by: Romeo Vitelli | March 12, 2008 5:49 PM
Hot hot moose-on-bison action. Woo!
Ahem. Sorry. Got a bit excited there.
Does former senator Rick Santorum have anything to say about this?
Posted by: Hypatia | March 12, 2008 9:23 PM
Now THAT'S a Hard-ON! (Ouch)
Posted by: Pat K. | March 12, 2008 11:07 PM
Proof that we are corrupting innocent wildlife by placing indecent statues around the landscape! The horror!
Seriously, in the first photo the moose appears to be sniffing the bison's rear end. Do ungulates use olfactory cues to detect receptive mates? And if so, what on earth did this statue smell like to get the moose hot for action?
Posted by: Eamon Knight | March 14, 2008 11:34 PM
Snopes had a piece on this a while back. Yes, it is real.
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/moosemount.asp
Posted by: John Vreeland | March 15, 2008 8:37 AM