Re: OT: Alces alces
| From: | BP Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, June 2, 2003, 18:59 |
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At 19:54 31.5.2003 -0400, John Cowan wrote:
>American _Alces alces_ are tall enough that no part of the animal's body
>is visible to a driver at night except the legs, which are pretty spindly.
>So if a moose is crossing the highway at night, a driver can smash right
>into its legs without being aware of it -- after which up to 550 kg of
>moose meat falls on the car.
So it would perhaps be a good idea to have a moose-light on the roof of
the car in order to make the body of the animal visible!
Or even a moose-radar?
/BP 8^)
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