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"Canadians, officials have an important message for you: “Do not let moose lick
your car.”
Yes, you read that right.
Officials in Jasper, an alpine town in Canada’s Alberta province, have put up
signs asking motorists to avoid allowing moose to lick the salt, a treat moose
find hard to resist, off their cars.
“They’re obsessed with salt, it’s one of the things they need for the minerals
in their body,” Jasper National Park spokesman Steve Young told
CNN. “They
usually get it from salt lakes in the park, but now they realized they can also
get road salt that splashes onto cars.”
At the Jasper National Park, where people often park on the side of the road in
hopes of catching a glimpse of the moose, letting the animals near your car is
actually a serious danger.
By allowing moose to lick the salt off your car, they will become habituated
with being around cars. That poses a risk to both the animals and the drivers
who can accidentally crash into them.
“Moose and cars are not a good mix. If you hit the moose with your car, you
take the legs out from under it and it’s going through your windshield,” Young
said.
The best way to stop a moose from coming close to your car is simply driving
away when you see them approaching, he added."
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
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