'Moose' trumps 'helicopter'

This is probably the most bizarre (and not seriously depressing) thing I've read about since the possible blood link between Al Sharpton and Strom Thurmond came out late last week.

Apparently if a moose is thirsty, even if you've shot it with a tranquilizer dart, you shouldn't get in its way. From CNN:

"The moose would start to move, and then the helicopter would back off and try to keep the moose out in the open," Larsen said.

But instead of moving toward open space, the moose charged the helicopter.

"As the animal got closer and closer to going down, an animal sort of loses its thinking -- its ability to rationalize what's in its best interest," Larsen said.

Sounds like me after the fifth Red Bull vodka when I'm near a dance floor.

Also like what happens to me on the dance floor after five Red Bull vodkas, the moose was maimed and had to be euthanized.

Not the actual moose, but you get the idea.