A Ring doorbell camera in Alaska captured the moment a moose dropped its antlers (Picture: TikTok/@tyrabogert)
A Ring doorbell camera captured a rare moment of nature when a moose shed its antlers.
The fascinating moment was shared on social media by a couple in Alaska that watched the clip of the ‘one-in-a-million occurrence’.
It shows a moose standing in one spot and looking around, before shaking and dropping its antlers on the ground, then dashing off a short distance before stopping. The clip was recorded when there was no daylight.
Tyra Bogert was at her sister’s home when she got a notification from her ring camera about motion in front of her house. She witnessed the moose shedding in real-time.
A moose stood before shaking and dropping its antlers (Picture: TikTok/@tyrabogert)
Her husband, Chance, immediately called to ask who was at their door.
‘I’m like, “Dude, you’ve got to watch it for yourself! You’ll be so surprised. I don’t want to ruin it,”’ Tyra told TODAY.com.
Tyra also posted another video of her husband retrieving the antlers, one in each hand, and showing them in front of the Ring camera. Each antler was massive and larger than his head.
The Bogerts said they will mount the antlers as decorations inside their home.
The moose darted after shedding its antlers (Picture: TikTok/@tyrabogert)
Tyra shared the video on TikTok and Facebook, and her brother-in-law posted it on his TikTok. Her video had garnered more than 336,000 views on Facebook and 12,000 likes on TikTok as of Friday evening, while her brother-in-law’s post had more than 2.6million likes.
‘I didn’t even know this was a THING!!!! THIS IS A THING!!?!?!’ wrote one viewer on social media.
Moose antlers are not attached to their skulls. They commonly shed them after mating season, according to the Yukon Wildlife Preserve.
Only male moose have antlers and ‘the guy who has the biggest set of antlers and can show them off to potential girlfriends will be the fortunate individual who does the breeding,’ Vince Crichton, a retired wildlife biologist, told National Geographic.
Moose can shed up to 60 pounds by dropping their antlers, and doing so allows them to store more energy in the winter, according to Lee Kantar, a moose biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
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The moose dropping its antlers was recorded in an Alaska couple’s Ring doorbell camera.
