Canada just can\u2019t stop Moose licking cars and it\u2019s actually a problem Twitter: _CLCampbellCanada is an incredible country. From gorgeous mountain ranges to breathtaking scenery and diverse wildlife. Unfortunately, that wildlife can also cause problems, as this unusual and hilarious road traffic issue has proven. When you think of moose, most people consider them to be timid, occasionally daft creatures. Well, it seems that\u2019s no longer the case, as these unfortunate motorists in Canada have discovered. With winter setting in and temperatures dropping below freezing, highways are beginning to be salted in preparation for those cold winter mornings. While it keeps motorists safe, this salt also has an unusual side effect \u2013 it attracts the local moose population. Moose are licking parked cars in Canada Because the salt from the roads naturally sprays up onto the bodywork of a car as it drives, it ends up coating the vehicle in a salty slush. While it\u2019s well-known that it\u2019s bad for a car to be covered in salt (it causes rust) it also appears to attract the local wildlife. Moose are seemingly attracted to these salty vehicles. This has resulted in a number of Twitter users posting to their accounts about strange encounters with Moose apparently trying to \u2018eat\u2019 their vehicles. There are a number of problems with this admittedly hilarious situation, though. The obvious issue is that the Moose are likely to damage the car while enjoying its salty coating, by scratching it with their antlers or teeth. This has the potential to cause thousands of dollars worth of damage, and some \u2018interesting discussions\u2019 with car ownership companies, as one Twitter user put it. If they are anything like horses, they will lick off the road salt from your car, but also scrape their teeth up and down your car in the process, carving off the paint, leaving a really interesting issue to discuss with the car rental company\u2026. pic.twitter.com\/XT2tDqeTGE \u2014 Dean Hamilton (@Tyburn__Tree) November 16, 2020 Hilarious warning signs Not only that, but there is also a wider impact on the environment. If enough Moose learn this behavior and begin to see cars as a source of food (despite having no nutritional content) they could become attracted to vehicles, rather than running away from them. In countries such as Canada, these animals present a major hazard while driving, as they are large, unpredictable, and have the potential to cause irreversible damage to vehicles. If they suddenly become non-afraid of cars, they may stop trying to move away from them on busy roads. Of course, the local road agencies in Alberta, Canada couldn\u2019t just sit by and watch. They\u2019ve rolled out unusual warning signs to alert motorists to the situation, but it\u2019s such an unusual situation that the signs almost look like an April fools\u2019 prank. Oh hi, moose. We have strict instructions about your snack habits. #jasper #Alberta \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 pic.twitter.com\/xSNo7YBrXS \u2014 Carolyn Campbell (@_CLCampbell) November 15, 2020 Beyond the strangely dystopian nature of the warnings, there is a big issue here. Hopefully, 2020\u2019s next big issue isn\u2019t the great salt-fuelled moose rampage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Canada just can\u2019t stop Moose licking cars and it\u2019s actually a problem Twitter: _CLCampbellCanada is an incredible country. From gorgeous mountain ranges to breathtaking scenery and diverse wildlife. Unfortunately, that wildlife can also cause problems, as this unusual and hilarious road traffic issue has proven. When you think of moose, most people consider them to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35162\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}