DENALI PARK, AK - - The above sign denotes a wildlife area. It looks a bit beaten up. Doesn't it?? Actually, it's more like 'eaten up.' It's been gnawed upon by the Grizzly Bears who live in the area or are passing through. Sort of like carving your initials in a picnic table or on a tree. They also use the sign as a back-scratching post. THERE are plenty of stories one could make up about the sign below...with a plot line of "Nice rack, big boy." The 'moose rut' is where the males strut their stuff and BIG does count - - as in antlers. Big antlers equals big drive so the ladies send out the "ready" signal and in May we have little moosies. Actually, the bull moose goes into a much more involved mating ritual (which is not PG-rated) to prove he's the 'Big Guy' on the block. And after he's ready to rock and roll, the rangers tell us you can smell him (them) a half-mile away.
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