The art of viral videos is that they're often weird and nonsensical, providing enlightenment in the form of, say, hyperactive kids or chocolate rain. Better yet, it's when they're accompanied by inappropriate, ill-fitting music that the subversive, perhaps even "avant-garde" aesthetic helps a video tear up the web and pop up in our inboxes.
But thanks to Cute Overload for pointing us to footage of an Alaskan moose and her twins frolicking in a sprinkler that somehow bypasses "adorable" on the way to becoming a total tearjerker when set to the music of popular folkie Alison Krauss (played over the actual sound of birds chirping overhead). Just try not to tear up as Mama carefully keeps an eye on her kids as they roughhouse in a lucky homeowner's backyard.
And, please, call your mother.
- via :// Cute Overload
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Amazingly sweet - loved it. Funny thing is, though, that mama moose would have pounded the person filming into the ground if they had stepped foot outside.
by:// pface - Aug 22nd 2008
whoever shot and shared this video, Bless you and thank you. I moved from Alaska and have been homesick and heartsick ever since. My husband thinks its all igloos and penguins up there so thank you for sharing, thank you so much. You picked a really cute song to go with it too
by:// tay - Aug 26th 2008
I really, really loved seeing the mama moose & her babies having fun & enjoying the sprinkler. I also loved the song because it helped the movie touch my heart
by:// Tiff - Aug 27th 2008
OMG... so freakin' cute.
by:// chris - Sep 5th 2008
how gay .dumb
by:// Sam - Sep 17th 2008
Don't let Sarah Palin get ahold of them. She'll try to kill them.
by:// coldhrtedlovin - Nov 1st 2008
Adorable! Love the moose babies! So precious, enjoying life. I bet this was a wonderful world before humans!
by:// carin - Nov 3rd 2008
That was amazingly beautiful. I am so pleased with the song that was chosen to accompany this video. Congratulations to whom ever filmed this, you were blessed with something that most of us do not get to experience in life,,I am jealous and proud all at the same time. Thank you so much for allowing the rest of us to see and experience the joy and the beauty that nature has to offer.
And "Sam",,,, you need to keep your lame comments to yourself!! If you don't have anything nice to say then Shut the Hell up!!!
by:// Robyn - Nov 7th 2008