When you grow up in Northwestern Ontario you develop an "eye" for moose on the side of the road. They are such big animals and hitting one could be, and often is, fatal. So on my way to Cranbrook last week, I was driving along through the mountains and suddenly my sub-conscious went to work for me and said "Moose!" If you were whizzing past this mountain (above) would you have seen them? I pulled over for a photo. A few other cars pulled in behind me! 
Here they are (using my great zoom) below. Looks like a cow in behind a bull with no rack yet. You can see the size of his hump (shoulders) and he also has a "bell" hanging under his chin. Many years of working with biologists with the Ministry of Natural Resources in Ontario taught me a lot about these beautiful animals. In Ontario they could be threatened by climate change decades from now, as they are so big-bodied and can't cope with warm weather - they love to hang out in water, like these ones below.
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