I completely forgot that you guys say "moose" for the biggest fellas, and thought that you just walked up to moose and try petting them and I was gonna tell you what a bad idea that is, but yeah, you mean Cervus canadensis. We don't have elk that big. Moose, reindeer and a few different deers, basically. I guess the closest would be the white-tailed deer. I started reading that, and seeing how it's an American species more or less, I was very confused, as I walked up to one as a kid when I didn't live in the city. But it's been introduced to Finland as well.

Reindeer are fairly small. Smaller than what I feel like they look in that picture. (Perhaps it's a small man or an odd angle. Or just a unit of a reindeer)

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/rQj0TrKxwcY/maxresdefault.jpg

See?

[–] Juice@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Theyre little bigger than a white tailed deer, if not in height, then in build. White tails are pretty lithe.

The Elk I got to pet was behind a fence, it was a wild elk but they were not shy. So yeah walking up to a wild animal, especially one as gigantic as these, not a great idea. But it was a controlled environment and it was a very cool experience!