Bull Moose in Teton National Park
This is the biggest bull moose we saw. I got pretty close to him.
These are the three bull moose that were only about 100 yards from our tent the first morning we were there.
This is the bigger bull again. He is trying to scrape the velvet off his antlers.
This is another bull moose we found. He was next to the Snake River. He is a pretty big bull too! I got really close to him...closer than Melanie wanted me to be.
posted by martinfamily97 @ 4:29 PM
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9 Comments:
PA Mom says:
When I think of how HARD we work to see the moose in MN - and there you are seeing them everywhere! Melanie called me while you were taking pictures of the one, and her voice was actually trembling because she thought you were far to close. Thanks for posting the beautiful pics!
That is amazing! I must say that the first picture is pretty disturbing!! How fun would that be! I really REALLY want to come out for a visit!!
Thanks for the post! I'm so glad it worked!
Moosebomb(aunt Merily's nickname thanks to Grampa Martin)says "COOL!"
Those pics are WAY cool!
Mel - did you sattle up one of those moose and ride 'em cowgirl all over?!!!
Oh yeah, Sara, I hopped right on, and it was the ride of a lifetime!
R, isn't that velvet coming off just disgusting? I really just want to rip it off. Apparently a bull moose uses the same ammount of energy growing his antlers every year that a cow moose uses carrying and bearing a baby!
PA Mom says:
All I can say is that the cow moose's energy is far more productive than the bull's! Imagine - giving birth - or antlers.
I'm glad you like the pictures. We had a great time watching these incredible animals. I'm sorry some of you think the moose antlers are disturbing. Melanie really thinks it's gross. I think it is fascinating! Melanie said I should inform you about the velvet on the antlers. The moose, like elk and deer, loose their antlers every year. They drop their antlers in order to conserve energy for the winter season. The antlers then regrow them in the spring. The antlers take about three to five months to grow. This is one of the fastest growing organs in the world! The velvet is acutally a highly vascular skin. It supplies oxygen and nutrients to the growing bone (antler). Once the antler is at its proper size, the velvet is lost and the antler's bone dies. This dead bone structure is the mature antler. The moose scrapes his antlers on trees to scrape off the velvet. This also polishes the antlers. I hope you enjoyed this lesson on moose and their antlers.
PA Mom says:
Thank you, teach!
Thanks for explaining Rick -- also thanks for posting all the great pictures.
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