Why moose need to shed their antlers

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A viral video of a moose shaking free its antlers raises the question of why the animals need such heavy headgear

wandered into view, shook off its rack, and then, seemingly frightened by the sudden event, ran off into the night.

Though it is not often witnessed by people, antler shedding, or casting, is a normal annual process formale moose, deer, elk, and other members of the Cervidae family, commonly called cervids. The only exception is caribou, or reindeer, in which females also grow and discard antlers.

 

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Looks like this moose is 'shaking / brushing off' its 'velvet' not its antlers

A moose could step up, replace the brown bear, just as pop cultured

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no it doesnt

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why should it raise questions? humans enter no where in animals lives... we should be minding our business

Well regulated moose antlers are a God given right

Gotta protect his ladies.

It's called drip

To hit butts

For fighting obviously, why would you even ask such a dumb question

When hunters started keeping antlers as trophies, the moose got clever.

Its for when bellend humans get too close then they can just ram the fuck out of them.

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To push snow away so they can eat

Clearly a result of man made climate change. Poor things. With those heavy headgear.

To mate

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