Moose with Broken Leg, 3 years later!! and with baby!

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I first filmed this female moose out my window three years ago, in the fall of 2005, and she then had a badly broken front left leg. She showed up again a few weeks ago, this time accompanied by a one and a half year old calf!! Incredible example of animals surviving despite debilitating injuries.

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Pets & Animals

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• Moose
• Broken
• Leg
• Baby
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[CptnBlues]

Commented on your other video then noticed this one. I'm not surprised at all. As I said on other video, there's a mule deer doe with a badly broken leg (healed) living in my town that has two years running had a baby.

Just for the record, that calf isn't likely to be 1.5 yr's old. That looks like one born this past spring. At 1+ yr's, they tend to go out on their own.

[kylekasza]

@CptnBlues

Thats interesting about the mule deer. Unlike most other ungulates, Moose typically look after their young for two years before going into estrus again. I'm pretty sure her calf wasn't a yearling.

[Losaru]

What an awesome follow-up.

[gaiagale]

that looks like a strong healthy calf! Thanks for posting! ...so here is living proof that she belongs here and that her abilities far outweigh percieved disabilities.

[kylekasza]

@skitllesman98

Most of the cars on the road near where I live in Alaska are trucks, full size vehicles or SUVs. Dozens, if not hundreds, of moose are hit and killed each year on the roads in Alaska. And, less often, people are killed in the crashes too.

[saranoid]

poor brave darling. she's lovely. I saw a documentary about elephants that featured a mature female elephant whose rear leg had been broken by another charging elephant...same thing, the leg healed, if disfigured, but she survived and lived a long life.

[flymancanada]

that is a cool video.quite interesting to see the same moose 2 years latter, with a calf too.she is doing allright.

[JADEAV]

Moose don't drink enough milk!

[Lolly05]

i would love to look outside my window and see a moose. and calf for that matter

dont see many moose in the UK =P

<3

[serbmafioso3]

wow what a place to live ....awsome

[vincentwynne2932]

needs to be sedated to fix the leg ... She probably has arthritis in that leg right now .

[XxGlitterBugXx0]

i think its still broken....