A couple in Alaska was able to witness an “in a million event” through their Ring doorbell camera.
The now viral clip shows a moose walking and stopping in perfect camera view. He stopped for a moment and shook his body like a dog trying to shake off water, then there was a snap.
The moose’s antlers sprang from its head – and the animal seemed startled by the loss of its antlers as it quickly ran away.
Tyra Bogert posted the video to both Facebook and ICT Tac With a combined viewing of 335,400 views as of Friday morning.
Boger’s brother-in-law also posted the video on his ICT Tacwhere it racked up 18.6 million views and 2.6 million likes.
Bogert was staying at his sister’s house when she received the notification from her Ring camera about movement at her front door. She immediately opened it and could see the moose losing its antlers in real time.
Her husband Chance called right after to ask who was at the door.
“I’m like, ‘Man, you gotta watch it for yourself! You will be so surprised. I don’t want to spoil it,” Bogert said. TODAY.com.
She posted a follow-up video Showing her husband fetching the antlers – which were about 50 inches in diameter – and showing them to the camera.
The couple said they were going to mount the antlers on one of their walls.
Moose lose their antlers, which are not attached to their skull, after the mating season, according to the Yukon Wildlife Preserve.
Only bull moose have antlers, and antler growth is regulated by testosterone, said Kris Hundertmark, a wildlife ecologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. National geographic.
Antler bones begin to grow inside a nourishing skin on moose hide called velvet each spring, usually around April.
Around September, testosterone in the bull moose increases and the velvet comes off as the antler bones harden.
“The guy who has the biggest set of antlers and can show them off to potential girlfriends will be the lucky individual who does the herding,” Vince Crichton, a retired wildlife biologist and moose expert, told National Geographic.
Getting rid of antlers also allows a moose to lose up to 60 pounds, allowing them to store more energy for the winter, said Lee Kantar, moose biologist with the Department of Inland Fisheries and Conservation. Maine wildlife.
Bogert told TODAY that many people were unaware that moose shed their antlers.
“They’re like, ‘Oh my God, I didn’t even know the moose did this in the first place and what do you mean? They can just shake their heads and the antlers fall off? They don’t don’t have to be like fighting or scratching a tree? It’s pretty crazy how many people aren’t moose educated,” she said.
Viewers on Facebook and TikTok were as surprised as Bogert imagined.
“What did I just watch? They’re doing this?!” one person said.
he was like, OMG! MY HAT! ‘” Another joked.
“Why was it so much more dramatic than I thought?” someone asked.
“I didn’t even know it was a THING!!!! IT’S A THING !!!?!?!” commented a surprised viewer.
“I really didn’t expect them to jump around like the blades of a hand mixer,” said another.
“I don’t wonder if they get a headache then instant relief,” added another.
“Didn’t realize they took them off completely like a wig,” someone joked.
Some people joked that the moose left the antlers as a Christmas present, and Bogert mentioned in the comments that she lives about 5 hours south of the North Pole.
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