Originally published at: Man comes face to face with a bull moose — and then he makes a mistake (video) - Boing Boing
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TIL that British-English uses the word “elk” to describe the species that we Americans call “moose” (over here “elk” refers to an entirely different species of large deer).
Just one more reason our countries were probably better off going our separate ways, I suppose.
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I had to look that up as well. I was pretty sure an elk and a moose aren’t the same animal, but apparently they are in Eurasia.
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Fuck around and …
I’m fortunate that I’m not that cued in to my phone.
I would have backed away slowly and not even thought about getting video.
One cannot outrun a moose.
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Samesies.
Demonstrating once again that we are two countries divided by a single cervid.
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Hey, we may have an obscenely high incarceration rate but at least we don’t further torment detainees by spelling it “G-A-O-L”!
ETA: See also…
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Sometimes but not always.
Although that was a Møøse, not a Moose
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I think I see the reason for the confusion. In the UK, “moose” is pronounced “elk”.
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That’s because we have the word elk, derived from the Latin alces, to describe Alces alces. Moose is an acceptable alternative, it is just the Algonquin for elk.
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Hmm, where’s @anon61221983 with the obligatory don’t-mess-with-moose video?
Also,
ETA: the organist looks like Major Kira Nerys
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That would be a different kind of moose.
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Indeed. Why I saw one on a braw, bricht, moonlicht nicht
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So what is the recommended behavior when you encounter a bull moose on his own turf? (aside from “Be somewhere else”).
It looks as if not making any sudden moves and keeping a tree between him and you is probably a good strategy. I guess climbing a sturdy tree (if available) might work too, as moose are not famously good climbers.
Anything else?
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Then there’s how the UK pronounces “schedule”. Don’t get me started on that.
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Never had the bad luck to have to test it, but I was taught: never run, back up, put a tree (or several) between you and the moose. ETA: and keep moving away until there’s a kilometer or so between you and the moose.
I was scanning the background looking for a single thick tree to park behind, and it was pretty thin stuff. Enough to slow the big boi down a bit, but did you notice how smoothly and quietly he slid that rack around the trees? My heart nearly stopped when he advanced to the point where there were no more trees between the two of them. Hoo boy.
And yes, fer Chrissakes, put the f*cking phone away. That gadget appears to be trying to kill its owner here.
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When people say /'ʃedʒ.uːl/ instead of /ˈskedʒ.uːl/, I complement them on having gone to a good /ʃuːl/.
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This brings back memories of the time I almost choked on my beer overhearing my girlfriend tipsily asking the Russian woman at the bar "So, have you heard of … Moose and Squirrel?"
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The keyboardist is Cherry Wainer and her incredibly cheerful attitude on the C-3 organ is a delight! She shared more than just a love for the Hammond with Keith Emerson. Both were profoundly influenced by the jazz organ trailblazer Jimmy Smith, whom Keith regarded as the greatest jazz organist of all time. Jimmy’s influence on Keith most evident in his work with The Nice.
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