Wayne Clukey of West Enfield couldn’t believe his eyes when he saw these three babies tagging along with their Mom near Baxter State Park on Wednesday.
Triplet moose calves are very rare, at one in 105,000, according to National Geographic, and these three seem to be thriving.
Clukey, a registered Maine guide, owns Ammadamast Guide Service. He was near Baxter State Park Wednesday morning when he saw the big moose with two calves standing on a woods road.
Clukey said he stopped to film the moose and then he saw the third one.
“[It was] just an incredible moment,” he said Friday.
The number of calves a cow moose has is directly related to its body weight and health, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Calves stay with their mom for a year. She drives them off just before the next calf is born, the department said.
Newborn calves are in danger of being killed by coyotes and bears, MDIF&W said.
