WATCH: Video of moose shedding antlers captured by drone leaves netizens bewildered
Daniel Hoffman
Updated on February 20, 2026
In an uncommon second caught on a robot, a moose was seen shedding its horns, leaving the web in total interest and entertainment. The video was recorded by a Canadian untamed life fan, Derek Keith Burgoyne’s robot. He was at New Brunswick’s Mortar Rock on January 12 when he saw this stunning once in a blue moon second.
Derek was flying his robot when he spotted three bull moose. However, both of them had previously shed their prongs by then, at that point. He attempted to film further. The video is shared on his YouTube channel, “Experiences In Nature.”
In the video, it very well may be seen that the third moose stopped and began shaking its whole body, then, quickly, both of its horns dropped on the snow. The warm blooded animal immediately took off from the scene after its tusks dropped.
Derek shared that this was his subsequent time finding the hoofed creature shedding its prongs in a video recording. In any case, it was his most memorable time seeing a moose shed the two tusks immediately. He said:
“I consider this triumphant the lottery with regards to shooting natural life. A bull can shed one horn and convey the opposite side for a really long time or even weeks. So to catch the two horns shedding at the specific time is very intriguing! Once in a blue moon second!”
In the wake of getting the robot film of the creature, the natural life lover shot himself while following the moose’s tracks and getting the horns. He looked satisfied to get hold of the new prongs since, normally, just a single horn can be carved out at an opportunity.
In the wake of mating season, the prongs in these hoofed well evolved creatures don’t stay appended to their skulls. Just male moose develop tusks. The testosterone chemical controls this development. The bones of tusks begin developing inside a supporting skin on the creature’s head called velvet since the hair on the skin is delicate.
Disposing of these gigantic designs on their heads liberates these well evolved creatures of up to 60 lbs of weight. This permits them to store energy in winter. They show their strength through these horns by pushing them against one another. The tusks likewise function as a magnet to attract possible mates in the rearing season.
The velvet stays on their prongs for more than four months. The guys begin to rub the prongs against trees and hedges to eliminate them, turning their tusks brown. Pushing off of their prongs ordinarily happens toward the beginning of December.
The bone cells connecting the prong to the skull get separated by a bunch of cells called osteoclasts, clearing a path for the tusks to fall off. A short time later, one more arrangement of cells called osteoblasts fires developing bone cells in spring.
Many individuals who saw the viral video were shocked and said they didn’t realize that a moose could dispose of its horns. Others had amusing responses to it.
In a funny take, one client remarked on how Twitter is superior to secondary school since it showed them this obscure event which they were not shown back in school.