Meese...

[livendive 8]

I keep sayin' they're some big, badass motherfuckers, but I didn't realize there were kamikaze meese...this one took out a helicopter!

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- A helicopter is not necessarily a match for an angry moose.

Instead of slowing down after being shot with a tranquilizer dart, a moose charged a hovering helicopter used by a wildlife biologist, damaging the aircraft's tail rotor and forcing it to the ground.

Neither the pilot nor the biologist was injured, but the moose was maimed by the spinning rotor and had to be euthanized, wildlife officials said.

"It just had to be one of those quirky circumstance. Even dealing with bears and goats and moose and wolves, this is pretty unusual and truly a very unique situation," said Doug Larsen, regional supervisor for the Division of Wildlife Conservation.

Biologist Kevin White was aboard the chartered helicopter on Saturday for a study of moose near Gustavus, a community of 459 people about 50 miles northwest of Juneau in southeast Alaska. Moose outnumber humans there 2-to-1, White has written in an essay for the Department of Fish and Game Web site.

He shot the animal with a tranquilizer dart, Larsen said, and the pilot maneuvered the helicopter to keep the animal from slipping into a tight space or collapsing in water and drowning.

"The moose would start to move, and then the helicopter would back off and try to keep the moose out in the open," Larsen said.

But instead of moving toward open space, the moose charged the helicopter.

"As the animal got closer and closer to going down, an animal sort of loses its thinking -- its ability to rationalize what's in its best interest," Larsen said.

So, uh, what's the best Bullwinkle quote for this story?

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[selbbub78 0]

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/poormoose.asp

snopes knows the truth... who would have thought...


....and everyone thought i was crazy on saturday when i wanted to pet a wild moose....


CReW Skies,
bubbles


P.S. Only in Alaska....

"Women fake orgasms - men fake whole relationships" – Sharon Stone
"The world is my dropzone" (wise crewdog quote)
"The light dims, until full darkness pierces into the world."-KDM

[D22369 0]

So, uh, what's the best Bullwinkle quote for this story?
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it slices... it dices....it juliannes......


Roy

They say I suffer from insanity.... But I actually enjoy it.

[popsjumper 2]

Iraqi insurgents unleash new weapon of mass destruction in Alaska.

My reality and yours are quite different.
I think we're all Bozos on this bus.
Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239

[ExAFO 0]

I thought this thread was about Siamese cats...

Illinois needs a CCW Law. NOW.

[NWFlyer 2]

And I thought we were going to discuss the former Attorney General.

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

[ltdiver 3]

And I thought it was going to be about a family of mouses.

ltdiver

Don't tell me the sky's the limit when there are footprints on the moon

[mnskydiver688 0]

And I thought it was about a love triangle between a moose and two geese. Please forgive me if that was over the line.

Sky Canyon Wingsuiters

[Gene03 0]

"I'm not a physicist but I's knows what matters"?
It's a Popeye quote but IMO it comes close.
Leave the critters alone. Your "observation" is the interference which causes them to respond.

“The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes (Polish writer, poet and satirist 1906-1966)