Why Moose Love Licking Cars

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! So, moose licking cars in winter is a thing, if you live in a place that has both moose and winter. But why on earth do they do this?!

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Sources:
https://doi.org/10.2193/2007-504
https://doi.org/10.2193/2006-459
http://flash.lakeheadu.ca/~arodgers/Alces/Vol40/Alces40_161.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30479487/
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0005-2736(00)00135-8

Image Sources:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/381555
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66114642
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45742098
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/43158257
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31357071
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/36613899
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40654901
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45137409
https://youtu.be/SmzyL2zI_5o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yubI8ktJqFM
Special thanks to Paul Greci, award winning author of Surviving Bear Island, The Wild Lands and Hostile Territory
Special thanks to NPS Photo/Emily Williams