Baby moose gives ‘little nose boop’ and poses in Canada. See the ‘most adorable video’
Tucked in the remote Canadian wilderness, a mother moose and her calf went about their day. As they meandered through a clearing, the pair passed a camera that captured a precious scene.
“This is, quite possibly, the most adorable video of a moose calf I have yet to capture,” David Troup wrote in an Aug. 8 post on Yukon Wildlife Cams Facebook page.
The baby moose walks next to its much-larger mother, the video shows. It pauses to scratch its nose with its back leg then continues forward.
The calf walks closer to the camera and gives “three tall white flowers a little nose boop,” the wildlife account wrote.
Right in front of the camera, the calf stops and poses, even appearing to side-eye the camera. A few steps behind, the attentive mother keeps her gaze toward the edge of the clearing, the video shows.
The baby walks out of sight, and the mother approaches. She too seems to look into the camera and even appears to sniff the device as the video ends.
“Taking time to smell the flowers! Must have been in the water before passing by,” one Facebook user commented.
“Seeing it scratch its nose? So adorable, and not something I would have thought possible!” another user wrote.
The video was filmed June 19 in Yukon, a northwestern Canadian province that borders Alaska.
There are about 70,000 moose in Yukon, according to the Government of Yukon. The large animals, also known as “swamp donkey,” occur in “naturally low densities” in the province.
Moose calves are usually born between May and June, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. “During their first 5 months, while suckling and foraging, calves will grow to more than 10 times their birth mass; occasionally weighing more than 500 pounds.”
Calves stay with their mothers for about a year, leaving “just before” the mother gives birth again, Alaskan officials said.
Troup began filming Yukon’s wildlife in 2018, using “motion activated trail cameras,” he told McClatchy News. Using 15 to 24 cameras at a time, he’s captured footage of over a dozen different animals ranging from bears to wolves to porcupines.
Still, Troup says he’s “really not even scratching the surface” of Yukon’s wildlife.
This story was originally published August 11, 2023 at 9:29 AM with the headline "Baby moose gives ‘little nose boop’ and poses in Canada. See the ‘most adorable video’."
