novel York City has rats,Portland has its raccoons, but only in Alaska is ‘moose’ a verb, and as in getting ‘moosed out’ of your houseThe bull moose’s rack was approximately the length and depth of a small shopping cart. The animal lay on a well-kept lawn along a regular city street,white clouds of breath escaping its nostrils.
Dave Battle, on-call wildlife biologist, and stepped gingerly behind a nearby stand of trees,watching for signs of agitation. It’s the tail end of mating season in south-central Alaska, and you never know what kind of a day a 1500-pound moose might have had before it ran into you, and he said.
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Source: theguardian.com