Spending six weeks getting to know the moose seemed like a natural choice, as it is a massive, humorous and largely underestimated animal, that also reminded me of home. Through my research, I have learnt a great deal about its life and living conditions, and about how it differs from what we’d normally percept. Also, along with the constant growing of urban areas in both Scandinavia and Northern America, it’s living conditions are constantly shrinking, resulting in animals wandering off into new territory.
The largest member of the deer family is constantly on the move, licking salt of highways, getting stuck in apple trees or parking their calves in peoples back gardens. They are very curious animals! Yet, it is the traffic accidents that you hear the most about. Moose collisions alone costs Norway about 25 million pounds every year, and the population is growing.
You might be lucky enough to glimpse one, although most times,
the traffic signs will have do make do.
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