Moose or Caribou?
Thursday, January 7th, 2010 | posts
Two days ago, I started getting hate mail from taxidermists, hunters and self-described animal experts. One e-mail came from as far away as Australia.
When a large animal bust reportedly fell off the wall of a Lower East Side restaurant and struck a woman on the head, many press reports identified it as that of a moose because, well, it had antlers.
The emails were pretty harsh. They attacked me, insulting my intelligence, reporting skills, and one even said I should be ashamed of being Canadian. Well, that did it.
I took to the streets with a camera and began canvassing New Yorkers. I showed them a photo of the animal head in question and asked: “Tell me what this animal is?” Check out the responses below and also surf over to DNAinfo.com and look at our cool interactive.
4 Comments to Moose or Caribou?
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Heehee! Poor you!
But yeah…that’s a caribou head… ;-p
Stephen Tam
January 7, 2010
new yawker streeters are great
-Mirella Christou
January 7, 2010
You could reply and ask them if they know the difference between the real crazies in NY and those that just pretend to be crazy to scare the tourists
- Ana Liao
January 7, 2010
@Mirella definitely! fearless and opinionated but you’ll always find variety; that’s what a free society is all about
-Suzanne
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