Moose had the šŸ» running for his life

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The Bronx āž”ļø New England
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Iā€™m from England so never seen one before! Iā€™ve been to Canada a couple of times and still not seen one. Them things are HUGE!
you need to take a vacation in alaska breh, the wildlife there is >> any other place on earth and it's enough to do there that you could come back once a year for the rest of your life
 
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Doesnā€™t look like a full sized bear. Or are moose that big?
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This highlights the point that most large predators avoid direct confrontation with worthy rivals whenever possible.

It's certainly possible that the bear could have won a confrontation with the moose. But it might have taken too much damage in the process and degraded its ability to hunt and feed itself. Or even if it got away with it this time, if it engaged in a pattern of getting into fights with moose, eventually it was going to get caught lacking. Get an eye pocked out, a leg broken, a wound to an internal organ, and it's done for good.

Large predators always try to pick fights they know they'll win, and dip from fights where they might take real damage. Herbivores and small predators are more aggressive about fighting above their weight class because their survival depends on being sufficiently scary to dissuade the large predators from attacking them.
 

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This highlights the point that most large predators avoid direct confrontation with worthy rivals whenever possible.

It's certainly possible that the bear could have won a confrontation with the moose. But it might have taken too much damage in the process and degraded its ability to hunt and feed itself. Or even if it got away with it this time, if it engaged in a pattern of getting into fights with moose, eventually it was going to get caught lacking. Get an eye pocked out, a leg broken, a wound to an internal organ, and it's done for good.

Large predators always try to pick fights they know they'll win, and dip from fights where they might take real damage. Herbivores and small predators are more aggressive about fighting above their weight class because their survival depends on being sufficiently scary to dissuade the large predators from attacking them.

sorry but I ā€œgaveā€ you an australian accent when I read this
 
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