[OM] Re: Like a bad penny, I am back, OT now BBQ

[Moose]

Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Moose and Wolves  - I've just been writing about them.
> Around 2000 of the former and 30-40 of the latter if all is working  
> out well.
>   
Did you remember this bit?
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Some years ago I saw on some nature show a confrontation between a pack 
of wolves and an adult male moose. As I recollect, it was on Isle Royale 
in winter, shot from the air. Quite exciting, too.

The moose got itself backed up against a thick bunch of trees, so it 
couldn't be attacked from behind. Each time a wolf or two would try 
rushing it to grab hold of some part, the moose would give them a good 
kick. I don't know what the weight ratio is, but this was a bigger 
weight mismatch than a heavyweight against a few flyweights in the ring. 
Depending on how good a kick the moose landed, the wolf would do 
something between falling back out of range and literally flying maybe 
20' through the air. When the score got up to about 20 to zip, and 2-3 
of the wolves were limping around and looking pretty badly hurt, the 
wolves gave up.

There are still lots of instances where size does matter.  :-) 
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Moose

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