Okay, I bought the Preiser moose set (3 males) in HO scale, and they look pretty nice. But I’m thinking to myself, “Shouldn’t there be a female moose figure somewhere on my layout for a supposed reason that the male moose has wandered all the way into NE Arizona/NW New Mexico?” (My RR is fictional, but set near the Four Corners area of the Southwest).
I went looking, and haven’t so far been able to find a female moose figure. I was wondering (hard to tell from the photos I’ve found online how closely the male and female mooses/meese’s (?) bodies resemble each other. Would it be similar enough that I could (very carefully) take my tools to one of my Preiser male moose figures and remove the antlers to get a passable female moose?
Any biologists who are model railroaders and could authoritatively help clear this up for me, please feel free to jump in here. Or at least, tell me how I would need to modify a Preiser male moose figure to get it looking sort of like a female. We’re not talking exact enough to fool a real moose male, just for 1:87th scale. I’m guessing male mooses might not have the best vision, anyway… [swg]
Or shall I just let my moose male(s) remain lonely wanderers? Guess I could consider my male moose as like the dinosaurs on John Allen’s layout (a quirky, tongue-in-cheek approach to the Southwest…).
Males lose their antlers for the winter: they regrow in Spring. So, if you’re modeling a winter season, none of your moose should have antlers. Exception: if a bull moose is castrated, either due to accidental or chemical means, he will quickly shed his current set of antlers and then immediately begin to grow a new set of misshapen and deformed antlers that he will wear the rest of his life without ever shedding again. The distinctive looking appendages (often referred to as “devil’s antlers”) are the source of several myths and legends
Adult male mooses weigh more than females. On average, males weigh 850-1180 pounds and females weigh 600-800 pounds).
OK, but if a herd of mouse is mice, then a heard of moose is mise or moosi. It all depends on what side of the creek (crick) your on. (also duckin an runnin)[(-D]
Moose are the world’s largest species of deer - I never was able to convince my father-in-law of that fact - and, as is true with all deer. the females are somewhat smaller than the males and without antlers. I stumbled into a female with calf in the backcountry of Yellowstone Park one time and was very thankful that they didn’t possess antlers; the son-of-a-gun chased me into a tree and could probably have snagged me had it had antlers.
Jim, having had Moose walk through my yard, and having one stop dead in front of me while doing 50 in an old Taurus, just cut the rack off and no one will be the wiser. Some people think that both male and female Moose have antlers anyways. LOL
Getting back to the OP, so if the male moose are in four corners seeking the fee-male moose, why is she there? She can’t possibly be lost because we all know that women do ask for directions. Heard of moose? Yes, but I’ve never seen one in person. Plural of mouse is mice. Is plural of house, hice? Moose, mace? Miece? Forget the moose. Get yourself a dinosaur. Make sure it is regionally appropriate, to scale and has the correct number of teeth and proper coloration.[:D]
Someone looking for a moose with baby? From Grand Teton, 2006. Taken trailside, about 30 feet away from mother and child. If you look closely, you’ll see some Aggro trees in the background!
