A seemingly intoxicated moose has been discovered entangled in an apple tree by a stunned Swede.
Per Johansson, 45, says he heard a roar from his vacationing neighbour’s garden in southwestern Sweden late Tuesday and went to have a look. There, he found a female moose kicking about in the tree. The animal was likely drunk from eating fermented apples.
Are we sure it’s the moose and not Mr. Johansson that’s intoxicated? With a story like that. . .
Well, if horse can get snockered on fermented apples, why not moose, too?
I meant to s “a horse.”
Better quit while I’m ahead.
A good reminder that it’s time to pick up some Hard Cider.
There once was a sorry old moose,
Especially fond of the “juice”
Got stuck in a tree
And couldn’t get free
‘Til some friends from AA pried her loose.
Having just read this on BBC before seeing it here, and being most amused, I am only curious now about whether it was an elk as the Brits reported :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14842999
or really a moose, which the Canadians at CBC no doubt would be able to recognize? I can’t decide from the photo but surely someone on the ground could have.
Having found a moose in a tree, how does one go about extricating it? I think that would take some brow-furrowing. I showed the picture to one of my dogs, a youth of boundless energy who persists in believing that he can, if he applies himself, climb trees in pursuit of squirrels. Perhaps it’s a matter of diet.
TACit, the article says near the end: “It is not unusual to see elk, or moose as they are known in North America, drunk in Sweden during autumn, when there are plenty of apples about.” Same species, different names, depending on the continent.
Oh! So it does – thanks, I didn’t see that, probably not imagining Swedes (or Brits?) would call a moose an elk when North Americans recognize them as two completely distinct animals. Now I’m more puzzled why they do so, though I don’t expect Hakkatan to answer the question…..
Both American Moose and Eurasian Elk are members of Alces alces, although this species does have some regional subspecies. What North Americans call elk are members of Cervus canadiensus and are often now referred to as wapiti. Wapiti are also found in eastern Asia. (Thanks, Wikipedia!)
And here in the San Joaquin Valley of California, and more specifically, Los Banos National Wildlife Refuge, we have the subspecies called Tule Elk, which once were abundant but are now rare. There are about 500 left, and as the herd increases, they are being gradually released in other areas of the state. They are identical in appearance, except that a bull averages about 450 pounds on the hoof. The cows are slightly smaller. They are beautiful animals.
A Møøse once bit my sister… No realli!
I suppose this explains it.
😉
Never…..ever……argue with a bull moose in rut! They are huge animals, and are extremely dangerous. Never approach one!
Never heard of a Swedish apple tree – I suspect it was a Swedish moose that got caught in an ordinary apple tree. (I’m Norwegian despite the mangling of the family name at Ellis Island :p )