Doorbell Camera Captures a Giant Moose Shaking and Shedding Its Antlers

Home security cameras capture some amazing footage. From quirky delivery drivers to incredible (and sometimes terrifying) wildlife, these cameras aren’t just handy for security! They’ve kind of become a form of entertainment. If you have a security camera set up for your home and get alerts, you know what it’s like to stare down at your phone quizzically, trying to identify exactly what’s lurking around your home.

Watch This Fascinating Video Clip Below!

We found this clip on TikTok. It’s a doorbell camera with a view of this family’s front lawn. It’s winter and they live in an environment with tons of snow. It piles up several feet and it looks like it’s either dusk or dawn. There’s a pale blue light in the background and a front door light illuminating the space in front of the home just under an awning.

Although this family may be accustomed to moose tracks on their front lawn, they are definitely in for a surprise when they discover full-on moose antlers! Even more so when they realize they’ve captured this incredible event on camera.

As the video unfolds, you spot a moose on the far left side of the screen that takes a few steps forward and suddenly stops. It stops in a way that makes you think it sees something just outside of the camera’s view. It stays super still as if it doesn’t want anything or anyone to notice it. But that’s not it. There’s something else happening.

You might even think the video freezes for a moment because there is zero movement for a few seconds. Then, you see the moose move its head to the left ever so slightly. It stares off over in that direction for a bit before moving its front left leg forward a step. As if shivering in the cold, it goes into a full body shake and lowers its head.

Suddenly, both of its antlers pop right off its head. The moose jumps back, seemingly startled, the way children get with their own shadows. It moves away from the antlers and then takes off running. Moose shed their antlers every year, sometimes one at a time. They’re not fused to their heads, which allows them to just kind of snap off the way they did in the video.

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