Moose vs car (warning: graphic carcass)

[Steve Foss]

I was out on Hwy 1 east of Ely Saturday when a couple of ravens alerted us to a moose that had been hit by a car and barely made it off the road before it died. By the smell (fairly weak), it had been there only a day or less.

Note how the flies already have taken away part of the film over the eye

[Dbl]

The cycle of life.

[MN Shutterbug]

Nature can be gross.

[so haaad]

It's amazing how much detail animals have. The second picture really shows it. Nice pic, steve.