Not sure about the science, but interesting.
MONTANA
Female moose are pretty smart. A 10-year study conducted in and around Grand Teton National Park found that during the nine-day window in spring when about 90 percent of pregnant moose give birth, the animals move closer to roads. They do so, reports the Billings Gazette, to avoid traffic-wary grizzlies, which kill 90 percent of moose calves. Researcher Joel Berger, a senior scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, said the study was striking because it shows that prey species find humans benign, "whereas predators do not because we humans tend to be less kind to predators." Berger, who starts a new job in November as a wildlife professor at the University of Montana, also found that the more bears there were around, the closer expectant mothers crowded to roads. But over time, he predicted, grizzlies might catch on to the moose tactics, "overcoming their fear of the road in favor of a meal of calf."
MONTANA
Female moose are pretty smart. A 10-year study conducted in and around Grand Teton National Park found that during the nine-day window in spring when about 90 percent of pregnant moose give birth, the animals move closer to roads. They do so, reports the Billings Gazette, to avoid traffic-wary grizzlies, which kill 90 percent of moose calves. Researcher Joel Berger, a senior scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, said the study was striking because it shows that prey species find humans benign, "whereas predators do not because we humans tend to be less kind to predators." Berger, who starts a new job in November as a wildlife professor at the University of Montana, also found that the more bears there were around, the closer expectant mothers crowded to roads. But over time, he predicted, grizzlies might catch on to the moose tactics, "overcoming their fear of the road in favor of a meal of calf."
