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Moose family wandering around Steamboat |
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Friday, December 23, 2011 08:05 |
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A moose and her two calves gather on Tom and Karen Fox’s driveway in Steamboat Springs on Tuesday. Courtesy of Karen Fox and Steamboat Today
By Matt Stensland, Steamboat Today
A moose and her two calves appear to have found a good source of mineral nutrients while wandering the residential streets of Steamboat Springs.
The moose have been spotted in recent weeks near Steamboat Springs High School and above the school in the Fish Creek Falls Road area. On Tuesday morning, they were seen in a driveway off Fish Creek licking the bumper of a Subaru. On Dec. 9, they tasted the sides of a Steamboat Springs Animal Control vehicle.
“I think what they’re doing is they’re picking up the salt they put on the road,” said Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife Area Wildlife Manager Jim Haskins.
It is not unusual to have moose within city limits, but Haskins said there is potential danger when the animals draw a crowd of human onlookers.
“Give them plenty of distance, give them a way out and don’t box them in,” Haskins said.
He said unlike other big game animals, moose are not spooked by humans.
WATCH A VIDEO of the moose and read more about moose in and around Steamboat Springs at steamboattoday.com.
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