Tumblr post (this is likely a reblog, and may have more pictures over there)

[azurelunatic]

Posted in full at: http://ift.tt/1oJEE8a at June 01, 2014 at 04:30AM
febricant: satdeshret: totallynotagentphilcoulson: sturmtruppe...
febricant:

satdeshret:

totallynotagentphilcoulson:

sturmtruppen:

ellis-dee:

This guy raised an abandoned moose calf with his Horses, and believe it or not, he has trained it for lumber removal and other hauling tasks. Given the 2,000 pounds of robust muscle, and the splayed, grippy hooves, he claims it is the best work animal he has. He says the secret to keeping the moose around is a sweet salt lick, although, during the rut he disappears for a couple of weeks, but always comes home….
Impressive !! MINNESOTA CLYDESDALE

why are moose so terrifyingly large

Because they’re pretty much legit surviving Ice Age megafauna and almost everything was bigger back then

There’s moose on my dash…..

PET MOOSE

Comments

[siliconshaman]

Actually, I think the Ice-Age strains of Moose were bigger...[yes, there was more than one sort, same as horses.]

[azurelunatic]

The thought of Ice Age mosquitoes terrifies me.

[siliconshaman]

IIRC the Ice-Age strains of mosquitoes were smaller, but far, far more numerous. [Arch.Soc lectures had some interesting topics.]

Insect size seems to be directly proportional to median temperature range during larval period... hence why the bugs are bigger in Florida. [and getting bigger thanks to global climate change.]

[azurelunatic]

Hmm, that makes me wonder why the mosquito progression in Fairbanks seems to trend smaller as the summer goes on.

[siliconshaman]

I dunno... although maybe there's more pressure to grow up and breed at higher latitudes leading to smaller sizes...although that's just a guess.

[siderea]

"MINNESOTA CLYDESDALE" XD

Gracious, who supplied the tack for that monster? "I'm gonna need an extender. No, longer than that. Longer." "Jesus, what are you harnessing, a moose?" "Ayup."

[azurelunatic]

"Sounds like a moosetack to me"?