Bull Moose Shedding His Velvet

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Bull Moose Shedding His Velvet
A burly Alaskan Bull Moose Shedding demonstrates what it takes to rid his antlers of the velvet that has been nourishing the new bone growth. The bone has stopped growing; this is as large as his antlers will be this year, and now the velvet, which has covered and supplied the growing bone with blood and nourishment, is no longer needed. A rake fest is in order. Enjoy some up close and personal glimpses of a BIG Bull Moose Shedding as he rids himself of his velvet.
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@ljre3397 2 года назад

It’s incredible that these grow in one season. The growth rate is phenomenal.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

Anters of moose (elk, deer, caribou) are the fastest growing mammal tissue on the planet. Amazing, isn't it? Thanks for the comment.

@greensleeves8095 Год назад

That's insane. That's faster than a lot of plants. Almost hard to fathom if you'd never it yourself.

@TheKomentor Год назад

I don't think female mooses would be appreciative of all that dirty hanging stuff, he better get rid of them soon.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 11 месяцев назад

@@TheKomentor You just never know, TK, some of those cows may not mind it at all, and kind of like the bloody scuffed up look. (But they don't come into heat for another couple of weeks yet...) Such a strange process, isn't it?

@WizelBalan 10 месяцев назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos Yeah, what they cannot scrap off will eventually fall off as the blood supply to the velvet has dried up and it eventually will become brittle like a scab.

@lunabrights4073 3 года назад

This makes me feel lucky to have hands. Man, hands are really nice...

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

I actually chuckled at that one. HA!

@zay4510 3 года назад

Thumbs are pretty cool too

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

@@zay4510 Thumbs up there

@marquette2379 3 года назад

They do come in handy

@carsendavis9837 3 года назад

That comma saved you big time

@opaquelizard1499 3 года назад

This makes my head itch

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Ha I know!

@rokamayono2312 2 года назад

Mine too

@deewolfpack304 3 года назад

Who else wish they could help🤣

@vulgardisplayofpink5668 3 года назад

You're free to try!

@someguyyouknow6420 3 года назад

Canadian here. Moose are much more dangerous than bears. Bears usually runaway but moose will stomp you to death.

@JorgeRomero7 3 года назад

I was dying to yank those flaps off lol!

@brandenapexo604 3 года назад

Nah I’m good lol

@ShaqGG 3 года назад

Help and get mowed down 💀

@YukiZero 3 года назад

Imagine having an itch that severe and you got hooves and not hands.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yeah right? So that's what trees and bushes are for. Improvise!

@Sunrise-fr9jb 3 года назад

Can they feel it tho because it doesn’t have blood supply anymore?

@endor8witch 2 года назад

@@Sunrise-fr9jb yes. Like scabs

@gs-nq6mw Год назад

Imagina having a bear running at you and only having 2 legs to run for your life

@oddgeir2330 3 года назад

Almost like shaving without hands. I just want to pull those last few pieces off.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yeah, same here. You go first. (:>)

@Saiputera 3 года назад

Damn it gotta be painfull tho

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

@@Saiputera I think the nerves in the velvet have died. I think it just bothers them having it hanging in their eyes. Biologists don't know if it itches.

@ramxehs1180 3 года назад

Does the blood attract predators?

@jac1207 3 года назад

@@ramxehs1180 for that big a moose? Anything short of a dedicated sizable pack of wolves or a big grizzly, will not risk getting pummeled by this big guy.

@mooseeyesable 3 года назад

Just love their long faces

@mari2x474 3 года назад

Me too

@mams14 3 года назад

I´ll never get tired of watching this magnificent animal. Just Amazing! Thanks so much for sharing your videos with us.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Really appreciate that Maria! Thank you so much!

@GravitasZero 2 года назад

Just imagining an itch I can scratch and suddenly i’m itchy all over.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

Ha. Yeah, it's kinda like that for them!

@KenNaka22 3 года назад

So this was what my brother saw on the freeway he swear he saw ghost riders horse 😂

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Ha! Don't spoil it for him.

@sumireko8159 3 года назад

LOL I wish that was recorded

@gambleZ144 3 года назад

LMAOO

@kisstina6813 3 года назад

It would be truly satisfying to actually watch the chunks fall off.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

They usually get hung up on branches. And you're right.

@WildlifeOnVideo 3 года назад

Congratulations on this Great Catch guys! Love the video!

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

thank you so much. We enjoy your channel too. We subscribed quite a while ago. Appreciate your support.

@moosepoop 3 года назад

That's a good looking Bull!! ❤️ Such a Beauty!! 😍 That velvet is driving me crazy 🤣, I can't imagine how he feels LOL 😂...great quality video too!!...Team MooseMan, u da best!! 🙃

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

They deal with it. The older bulls deal with it better than the youngsters Stay tuned, more to come

@gdwolf7 3 года назад

Gorgeous creature, must be so humbling to be in their presence

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

It truly is. Thanks. You get it.

@mintjuliper9689 3 года назад

i just wanna watch a video of someone tearing this stuff off them

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

I'll get to work on that next year!

@johnnywhite1681 2 года назад

I'd watch that!!

@nghtspawn651 2 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos it has been a year :O

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

@@nghtspawn651 Ha! So far no takers and the best we can do is snatch it off the branches. But we have seen some really stupid people out there among the wild things. Omg...Darwin wannabes.

@sheeeeeeesh54 2 года назад

How lucky are you to walk up on this? Let alone after he sheds the actual antlers. Beautiful!

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

Sorry I missed this comment! Yes, it would be nice to find his sheds!

@techmode9716 3 года назад

I just want to go and scratch that velvet out of his horns, it's annoying me xD

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yes, it does. But it only takes a couple of days and those antlers get super clean and white, until they rake on trees and shrubs that make them darken.

@TheGeekyhero 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos yep

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

@One Ace We do talk to them. I just don't think they understand, other than our soft tone of voice. Oh well. We try!

@judibass2859 Год назад

Only one word comes to mind. Absolutely phenomenal!

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

Thanks Judi!!!!!

@breezer1788 3 года назад

Fantastic. Thank you again.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

You are welcome again! Thank you!

@504godzilla 2 года назад

That's gotta feel so good to them

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

You know it! And once it's all cleaned off they are SO proud of their new shiny headgear. Thanks for watching commenting.

@johnnywhite1681 2 года назад

This is a very special view. I was exciting to watch, every moment. Thank you, for your hard work in getting these shots and, all the work in getting these posted.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

Thank you very much for appreciating what it takes to get this content and put it out there. We appreciate YOU!

@zagnit 3 года назад

Who else was rooting for the moose? He almost got some of those big chunks off; was driving me nuts.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

LOTS of people commenting on that point. You're not alone! We all want to go grab it and rip it off for him. But...despite being right there within (almost) reach? I'm not that brave I mean stupid. Thanks for watching.

@vaocl 2 года назад

Great footage, loving the scenery. Such a majestic animal, I was like 50 feet away from a female. It was insane. Couldn’t imagine this. Such a great experience!

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

That's cool! Always gets the heart going, doesn't it? Thanks for being here!

@Minarreal Год назад

I am always 50 feet or more from the females :'(

@ryohn5468 3 года назад

I'd like to spray the loose velvet off with a high power water sprayer. Water probably helps the itch.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

I'll see about carrying one with me next time. The bulls would be lining up, me next!

@joshbowman9481 Год назад

Wow, those antlers are so beautiful.

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

They are, he has a very impressive rack every year.

@Shmunk4L 3 года назад

It just started walking towards the camera and it suddenly shut off 😂😭

@jadejimenez3439 3 года назад

Cute 🥰

@DazedMMJ87 3 года назад

That was awesome.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Thanks!

@nikkinicole5435 3 года назад

Listening to the water was sooo calming.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

It is. As long as it doesn't make you have to pee. Hard to listen to that for a long time while filming! But we do love it. Thanks for watching!

@nikkinicole5435 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos Lol ! Anytime.

@inessa5923 2 года назад

What a fantastic day to have hands!

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

Sorry I somehow missed your comment. And you're so right; a fantastic day! Appreciate your being here.

@kanagavalli4413 3 года назад

this is the best video ever good job

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Thanks for watching and appreciate the subscribe too.

@user-qn6mz7uu7m 3 года назад

Bravo!!!

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

big thanks

@jpjp280 3 года назад

Thats some good igf 1 right there

@lenellwilliams776 3 года назад

Looks like he done did somebody dirty 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Looks like he killed a bunch of people!

@nitro__tisim3773 3 года назад

He made progress

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Takes about 3 days and it's all gone. Thanks for watching.

@brrrr7268 3 года назад

Anxiety ;-;

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

It's not pretty, is it...

@neonzombi9928 3 года назад

So this is how jerky is made

@FeathersinWild 3 года назад

Amazing.. Superb like .

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Thanks so much!!

@gsportsgaming9387 3 года назад

Nature is something else

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yes, it is. Weird, powerful, impressive, awesome.

@jermainallen7176 3 года назад

I wonder if the blood from the velvet attracts the predators. Imagine having a terrible itch while ducking predators. Not that any would mess with this Bull Moose.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yeah I 'm not really sure it itches either, just assume so since the nerves die off. But either way, it only lasts like 2 days and it's off/gone, down to shiny solid bone antlers.

@mooseeyesable 3 года назад

Just look at tht fur coming of those antlers. It must be painful.what an handsome bull

@kovwal4615 3 года назад

Actually it is not. It's itchy and uncomfortable thats why they want to get rid of it fast.

@shachiagnihotri3654 3 года назад

It's just like an itch...not painful...it's like loose dry skin

@robertbrown978 3 года назад

I know its painful 😥. But they're 💪 creature.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

They are indeed; we've seen some rather deep puncture wounds just get walked off like they didn't exist.

@Notorious-AP 3 года назад

Nature is so cool

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

And it teaches us so much...

@jr4281 Год назад

I feel itchy watching this

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

Ha! Imagine what he feels!

@crwildmb 3 года назад

I love how big and how well you can see the dewlap at 4:43 ! Very good up close footage. Do you ever find yourself in a dangerous situation when capturing these moments? I hear moose can be quite dangerous especially rutting bulls and cows with calves. P. S. Where are the best areas in moose habitat to find moose sheds?

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

We use long lenses and maintain a safe distance and always have a tree/trees nearby. These animals can indeed be dangerous, but reading their body language/posturing helps predict what others may not. Best place to find sheds? Well that's anywhere the moose are or go. Sorry, but I can't be more specific because that's pretty much it! I don't know any one area that is any better than others. From Maine to Alaska. Thanks for watching/commenting!

@s.ncreatemix7660 3 года назад

Wawoooo beautiful

@kittywhiskerz 2 года назад

Does the shedding hurt these beautiful animals?

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

No pain at all, we suspect it may itch a bit, but the whole process is over within 2 days. Thanks for asking/watching!

@kittywhiskerz 2 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos It’s a fascinating thing to watch. Thank you for uploading!

@TheGeekyhero 3 года назад

I can't get over this tbh

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

In a good way I hope?

@TheGeekyhero 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos yep

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

@@TheGeekyhero (:>)

@HeWhoIsNamedPatrick Год назад

It’s like that itch in the middle of you back while driving and you just can’t reach it

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

I know! and I wanna run up and rip it off! But I don't think that would go over well... Thanks for watching!

@johnm2631 11 месяцев назад

Great stuff.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 11 месяцев назад

Thank you John!

@seldramariaoliveiradossant3556 Год назад

Animais fantásticos

@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo 3 года назад

What an animal 😍

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

He's a beauty for sure.

@michaela8275 3 года назад

Man so much easier with arms and hands

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

True that!

@kamdenhudspeth7829 3 года назад

Pov your here after cash vid

@GKafley 3 года назад

This video make me cry 😢

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Not to worry, he feels nothing. This is all normal, the velvet is shedding and he is polishing his new antlers. It only lasts a day or two. It's all good!

@catstack_ 3 года назад

i love meese

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

We do too. Loves them, we do.

@tylerspain1027 3 года назад

This animal attacked me in my dream last night.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Awww, I hope he came back to apologize the next night. He's a very gentle guy. But I can see where this would prompt nightmares. (:>)

@tylerspain1027 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos what pisses me off is the moose chased me up a fence and was waiting for me then other people were walking by and he didn't chase them. Damn moose.

@eehfdee4818 3 года назад

@@tylerspain1027 that's funny

@jeremyclarkson412 3 года назад

Is that skin hanging off antlers/velvet I’m not very familiar with what shedding dose to the animal

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

It's the velvet that grows the antler bone. No longer needed; the antlers are fully grown. So they rake the velvet off. It hangs in goey gobs until it falls off. Ghoulish, isn't it?

@jeremyclarkson412 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos yeah I was concerned at first thanks for letting me know!

@dinodiego5615 3 года назад

I want to help him so bad!

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

I know. It only lasts maybe 2 days, so it's over fast.

@Sarakate601 3 года назад

Aghh all I’m thinking “is that must be soo itchy!”

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yeah, we so wish we could help him with that but...uh...nope. Best he takes care of that himself!

@brendatajik6150 3 года назад

*Uhhh... _WOW!*

@slugcult-10_years_and Год назад

It looks like somebody hung their laundry on his antlers to dry.

@accchennai Год назад

Itch is not painful. Everyone enjoys a good itch.

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

Oh that's so true accchennai! Feels SO good!

@anasehab7934 3 года назад

How was the hunt on RDR2 ? 😂😂

@teetarquin7012 Год назад

It’s driving him nuts!

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

Yeah, we all feel that! But it only lasts a day or two then they're all clean. Phew!

@teetarquin7012 Год назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos By the way, great video!

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

@@teetarquin7012 Thank you!

@djorde7666 3 года назад

I'm reporting this video because I can't help lmao damn this made my back itch

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Ha! Good one.

@user-mc3if9xs7w 3 года назад

wgat

@nightmaresnightly 2 года назад

Im starting to understand where all the wendigo myths may have come from...

@salvadordejesusmendes9022 3 года назад

Galeto festi tamani eu nāo conhecia e muito grande

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yes. Huge!

@picullierxebec 3 года назад

Am I the only one who has the urge to just remove the velvet from his antlers?

@eyaslunafever 3 года назад

Yes holy shit finally someone said it

@eyaslunafever 3 года назад

Gives me anxiety seeing him try to pick it off lmao

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

You are not alone... SO tempting to walk up to him and explain that I'm not there to harm him, but just let me rip this crap off your head. HA.

@blood_red0780 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos lol

@perrilewis180 3 года назад

Everyone just wants to pull the stuff off.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Yeah, we all wanna tag team and dash up and grab a snag, yank and run away. HA. That would be a new kind of Russian Roulette, no?

@mr.boniato6402 Год назад

I'm surprised I didn't see birds trying to eat it

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

They don't, but there was a coyote sitting and waiting patiently nearby to nab it when he was done!

@senorgazpacho7432 3 года назад

I wonder if it itches him. Looks a lot like someone trying to get an itch that's hard to reach.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Sure looks like it does, hard to say. The nerves have shut off but who knows. Thanks for watching.

@senorgazpacho7432 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos Awesome, I didn't know that their nerves shut down when they're shedding their velvet like that!

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

@@senorgazpacho7432 The nerves in the velvet shut down, as well as the blood vessels. Prior to shedding, the nerves are alive and the bulls can feel pain if they knock into something while still in velvet.

@indiedekat 3 года назад

you really did a good job !! lets support each other ! Hope to see you again very soon !! like 45!! keep doing well!!

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Let's do it.

@louisasmiles 3 года назад

It must itch which triggers him into scratching. Poor guy.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

The biologists aren't sure about that part. But it would make sense. Either way it's a short couple of days and it's all gone. Thanks for watching.

@maugraluna3836 3 года назад

I wish I can feel their satisfaction

@aizensosuke6031 3 года назад

Haha ikr?i just wanna pull out the remaining skin from his horn..

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

When they walk around proudly with their new shiny antlers, they are VERY satisfied.

@coshi1894 3 года назад

By doing this, they also spread seeds.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Multitasking! So true.

@QTHETRAINER111 3 года назад

Intelligent

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Thanks

@nikkiboo8944 3 года назад

UGH THIS IS SO CRINGING TO WATCH MAN I WISH I CAN JUS PULL THE LAST OF IT OFF FOR HIM🤞🏾

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

We feel the same way. But they do a great job of getting rid of it all. (:>)

@samufrog9304 3 года назад

Do you think that hurts them? Also they look so much cooler without that’s skin on they horns

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Does not hurt them, no. And they get rid of the velvet in maybe 2 days is all. Then it's just shiny bone antlers.

@samufrog9304 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos awesome

@malikswag60 Год назад

Hears boss music

@anjkookie7097 3 года назад

One of the hundred reasons to not cut trees.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

I like it!

@MissSweetie 2 года назад

It just makes me want to walk up to them and help them get it off :'( poor things, this must be annoying for them

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

We feel your pain too, when we're right there with them. But it only lasts maybe two days and then they have nice, shiny white antlers to show off. thanks for watching/commenting!

@Lfcyoutube Год назад

So what’s the process of this then

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

The moose antler grows every year from scratch because they shed them every winter. When the bone is being formed/growing, it is covered with that velvety skin substance that provides all the nourishment with a network of blood vessels and nerves. When the bone is done growing, the velvet dies off and the bulls rake/scrape it off on bushes to rid themselves of it. Revealing their gleaming bone white antlers for the rest of the rut.

@silverlightfox6621 3 года назад

Do they eat it like deer do?

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

They don't chow down on it but we have seen them munch on it some, yes.

@mannycastanon5284 3 года назад

Does it hurt them?

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Not at all, that would be cruel of nature to do to them. No, it's just part of the process of getting down to their new shiny antlers. Thanks for watching.

@alyssarose3880 Год назад

I wanna help him❤😢

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

It doesn't hurt, it must itch though. And we also want to help them rip it off! It's gone in a couple of days. 🙂

@susanbraden4193 3 года назад

Does it hurt them cos it looks bloody

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

Not at all. They just want it gone, it serves no purpose any longer. Thanks for asking.

@yamiah03 3 года назад

@@MooseManNaturePhotos how would you know? Did they tell you themselves?! It clearly hurts, otherwise they wouldn’t be taking breaks, the process would have been much faster! Note: I know nothing about moose and just speculating

@parkfever Год назад

Makes me just want to walk over there and peel it off for him

@MooseManNaturePhotos Год назад

Yes. We get that a lot. And we feel it too!

@ljre3397 2 года назад

So like for a few days this guy walks around with flesh dangling from his antlers. Amazing process although yeah hanging flesh.

@MooseManNaturePhotos 2 года назад

It looks gory but doesn't hurt, merely itches, we suspect. Anyway, it's all cleaned off in like 2 days. Sometimes there's a straggler stringer hanging off the back of the paddle, but for the most part, they get them all cleaned off, nice and shiny. Then they get busy raking them, sometimes dying them a darker, mahogany shade given the right trees/brush/branches.It's all amazing, isn't it?

@shreyasp3287 3 года назад

What does it have on its antlers

@MooseManNaturePhotos 3 года назад

The velvet it is shedding. After the bone stops growing late August, the bulls shed the velvet that has been nourishing the new bone growth. It comes off in dripping sheets.