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Don’t take selfies with moose.

Such advice should be fairly obvious to anyone who’s watched moose-versus-human videos on YouTube, but Calgary police had to drive the point home Thursday after reports surfaced that one large ungulate was roaming in the area of Beddington Trail and Harvest Hills Boulevard N.W.

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That police felt it necessary to issue the warning was the source of much amusement on the CPS Facebook page.

“The fact that you have to discourage people from taking selfies with said moose is hysterical to me. You can’t fix stupid, but thank you for trying,” wrote Lindsay Anne.

“Actually, it’s kind of sad that people have to be told not to take a selfie with a moose. What happened to common sense?” wrote Judy Laing Brown.

While it’s not every day you see a 700-kilogram animal lumbering around a Calgary intersection, it’s not uncommon for the animals to roam into the city.

In March 2016, one was caught trotting near the Canadian Tire in Shawnessy. It was later subdued near the Superstore.