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A Bourget-area farm has a new addition to its herd of Arabian horses.

At least, the young moose dubbed ‘Bruce’ thinks so.

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“He just thinks he’s a horse so he watches the horses and does what they do,” said the clearly charmed Kelsa Staffa of Wildfire Arabians who has made the muddled moose Facebook famous.

“As long as he decides to be here, he’s the most delightful thing,” she said.

It likely won’t be for long. According to a moose expert, it’s rare but not unknown for yearling bulls sent packing by a mom expecting a new calf to hang out with horses and Bruce will move on when ready.

Staffa first spotted the “teenage” moose with the mere buds of antlers hanging out near the farm’s pony paddock.

At first, Bruce frightened the horses but they’ve since accepted him as part of the scenery although a spunky little white mare named Vienna “bosses him around” with glares and pinned ears if he comes too close while following them from paddock to paddock.

The gangly youngster imitates the elegant equines as they gallop and prance but is a good guest, respecting the farm’s fences and leaving their hay alone.

Photo by Kelsa Staffa / Postmedia

Along with hanging out with his new pals, Bruce’s days are spent in a “little moose paradise,” soaking in a neighbour’s pond, browsing willows and maples and, apparently, keeping a diary.

One of Staffa’s “Diary of Bruce the Moose” posts has the young fellow returning from the nearby Larose Forest where he was likely born after investigating his mom’s call.

“So it turns out that my mom was calling my baby sister and not me!” Staffa wrote. “She was happy to see me but then sent me on my way again to make my own name for myself.

“I was sad but I made my way back to my pony friends … only to discover a fence in my way! I was on the neighbor’s property instead of the pony property. Whoops!”

Come fall, Staffa hopes that Bruce, who is venturing farther and farther afield according to sightings relayed by neighbours, will safely return to mainstream moose life and dodge hunters.

She’s making a point of not feeding the animal or encouraging visits to keep him from becoming an easy target.