Stop me if you've heard this one: a young bull moose goes walking down the street. Confused and afraid, the calf crashes through a plate-glass window at the local elementary school.
No, this isn't the start of some bad joke — it actually happened. Because when you live in Canada, wild moose breaking into classrooms just kind of comes with the territory.
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Recently, students at The Sylvia Fedoruk School were given quite the shock after a young moose accidentally crashed through a glass wall and into the classroom.
It's difficult to grasp just how large moose are until you see one in person. For instance, an Alaskan Bull Moose can weigh upwards of 1600 lbs, and reach shoulder heights of anywhere from 6-8 feet tall.
All of the children walked away a little shaken up but without injury. The young calf, however, wasn't as lucky.
"We're told the little guy was injured (I supposed breaking through a window will do that)," morning show host Pat Dubois tweeted out.
In less than an hour, Animal Control arrived to remove the scared beast. They were able to patch up the calf and arranged to have it released back into the wild.
"I was very calm about it," she told CBC News. "It didn't really faze me as much as it probably should have."
Melnyk said that as soon as the accident happened, the school's room supervisor gathered up the children and got everyone to safety.
Believe it or not, moose harm more humans every year in Canada than Polar Bears and Grizzly Bears combined! This is mainly due to the fact that moose populations outnumber bear populations 3:1.
Moose will aggressively defend their territory — and especially their young — if they perceive any kind of threat. If you ever come across one in the wild, the best thing you can do is calmly and quietly back away.
