Boiling Moose Bones

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Boiling Moose Bones

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Heres a video from the moose study. During the winter they collect bones and boil them to get the flesh off to store them. Here is an interview from the guy who does it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZtv-SPB ... re=related
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This has Dirty Jobs written all over it!
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Re: Boiling Moose Bones

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I can see Mike Rowe there right now. Bring on them bones! :lol:
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