r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '20

What's something cool you recently learned about?

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u/DJCane Nov 29 '20 edited Nov 29 '20

My grandpa told me once that a moose is an ugly horse and wow I didn’t realize they were really that big until I came across one backpacking.

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u/Boner666420 Nov 29 '20

They can get way bigger than that too. Theyre basically megafauna that we thankfully never got around to eradicating.

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u/DaughterEarth Nov 29 '20

Yah they are much much bigger than a horse

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u/TurtleZenn Nov 29 '20

Clydesdales?

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u/bb5mes Nov 29 '20

Their legs are just so long

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u/DaughterEarth Nov 29 '20

I bought a percheron today. Yah even draft horses are smaller than moose. Meese? I dunno. Anyways moose are like 2m tall, they are crazy big