{"id":1403,"date":"2010-02-05T15:16:15","date_gmt":"2010-02-05T19:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=1403"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:51","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:51","slug":"lovers-and-a-dangerous-tine-the-remarkable-sex-life-of-moose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2010\/lovers-and-a-dangerous-tine-the-remarkable-sex-life-of-moose\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovers and a Dangerous Tine: The Remarkable Sex Life of Moose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Lovers and a Dangerous Tine: The Remarkable Sex Life of Moose\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 Lovers and a Dangerous Tine: The Remarkable Sex Life of Moose<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><!--page_tools--><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"page_content\"><!--Begin WP loop --><p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-950\">\n<div><span style=\"float: left;\">(Ottawa)&nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp;<\/span>Moose appear to be quiet, innocuous animals for most of the year but during their breeding season, the Rut, they become highly animated and vocal creatures.<span id=\"more-950\">&nbsp;<\/span><p><\/p>\n<p>Join Carleton Biology Professor <a href=\"[culink page_id=674]\">Michael Runtz<\/a> on Wednesday, Feb. 10, for a highly visual presentation that will explore the ageless rituals of moose love, including the roles played by the bulls\u2019 antlers.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion, followed by a question and answer period, will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Wild Oat Caf\u00e9 at 817 Bank Street in the Glebe.<\/p>\n<p>The Science Caf\u00e9 series is organized by the Faculty of Science at Carleton University to discuss relevant issues facing our society and how science can help solve real-world problems. Meet our award-winning faculty members as they share their excitement about science with the community. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carleton.ca\/science\/cafe\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.carleton.ca\/science\/cafe\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>-30-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information:<\/strong><br>\nSteve Blais<br>\nMedia Relations Officer<br>\n613-520-2600 x1391<br>\nsteve_blais@carleton.ca<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Caf\u00e9 \u2013 Lovers and a Dangerous Tine: The Remarkable Sex Life of Moose (Ottawa)&nbsp;\u2013 &nbsp;Moose appear to be quiet, innocuous animals for most of the year but during their breeding season, the Rut, they become highly animated and vocal creatures.&nbsp; Join Carleton Biology Professor Michael Runtz on Wednesday, Feb. 10, for a highly visual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}