Thanks for sharing the photo, @Anyponedrawn ! Wow... The moose was so close to the road - I hope it stayed in a safe distance.
Do not fret
@kiku. Moose are extremely common along the roadsides of Alaska. All wildlife is. Thankfully for the most part, they seem pretty aware to stay away from cars. And thankfully as well, Alaskan motorists always slow way down when they see wildlife. They come to a stop. It's very common.
In fact, according to the
Alaska Department of Transportation, the odds of being killed by a moose in a car accident are 1 in 200,000. Alaska's population is very low, so this is barely two incidents involving deaths a year. The number of moose to car collisions is quite low as moose tend to run away from cars.
Last thing I found in this weird little rabbit hole of information is that you're far more likely to hit wildlife on the road in Sweden, than anywhere else. This is followed by Canada and then the US state of Maine. So... yeah. There ya go.
Who knows how accurate all this data is though...
@Anyponedrawn Cool moose photo by your friend!
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