Two moose were recently discovered frozen in battle and encased in ice near a remote village on Alaska’s unforgiving western coast. He initially thought it was just one moose that had been shot but when he got a closer look, he saw the second moose. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Moose antlers are visible in the snow. Photograph: Jeff Erickson/APIt was the end of moose rutting season, and the animals were probably fighting over a female moose. Webster speculates that one of the animals was wounded by the other animal’s antlers, and perhaps died as their antlers were caught together, dragging the rival down with it.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2016 17:03 UTC