[LRflex] Elks moose and third cams...
- From: KEITH LONGMORE <keith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 18:42:43 +0100
Hi David
Ah, the confusion that language makes, eh? We call moose either elk or
moose; the Swedes just call them elks (aelk). (And they sell sweets
that they call aelk-sh1t...look like it, too!) I'd forgotten that
caribou = reindeer. We have red deer - some here in Norfolk. They're a
menace on the roads too! I was on my way to work one early morning,
when about 6 of them decided to cross the road. The last one saw me,
and stopped to have a good look, oblivious to the squeal of tyres and my
look of horror as I hurtled towards it with locked wheels!!! It quietly
trotted off just in time...
I didn't realise that elks' / mooses' eyes don't reflect. Unusual,
that, isn't it? I understand that they are very susceptible to a
disease that is carried by other deer, and it's always fatal. For such
a large animal, quite surprising.
BTW, in Sweden they say beware the female moose/elk, especially if they
have a calf. Their kick is lethal! And, since they run at 35 mph, you
can't get away on foot. If you're a canoeist, you have to be careful on
the lakes there too, because the elks dive to the lake bed for something
to eat, and can overturn a canoe easily when they surface - and they can
swim faster than two men can paddle a canoe.
I think the elk photo looks much better with the crop.
Doug: my 80-200 is a 4.5. It was a two cam (quite ancient), but whether
the bits claimed to be for a 80-200 are for this one, I know not. So
long as it works OK..... ;-)
Cheers
Keith
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