One thing about Canada which is very different from the UK, well there are alot of things different but the roadkill over here is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy bigger. None of those little squished hedgehogs or the odd run over cat or rabbit. Nope here we have 1200lb Moose and bloody big deer and the smallest things are Racoons and Skunks!!.

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I came around the corner the other evening there in the middle of the road was a big deer dead having been hit by a van. Someone was checking the Van driver and I got out as traffic slowed/stopped and grabbed the deer by the back legs and hauled it over to the hard shoulder. Heavy b*gger it was too, I am glad we never hit it. I have had a couple of close calls with deer at night. They play chicken in pairs. One darts across the road just in front of you causing you to hit the brakes and just as you breath a sigh of relief and ease off the brakes, blow me if another one doesnt decide to make the mad dash!!!! much squealling of brakes and cursing of stupidity of deer.

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If you accidentally come into a roadkill situation with a Moose then I can tell you it is most likely that both of you will die. Moose have these really long legs so when a car hits them it is about knee high to a Moose and the end result is they fall onto the bonnet and come in through the windscreen!!!! There are several deaths a year in NB because of Moose collisions.

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I have seen several live and dead Moose on the side of route 7 most are killed by big trucks (18 wheelers to Canadians).  Still it is pretty scary to be driving along and see Moose walking along the verge.

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Racoons appear to be the Canadian equivalent of the UK hedgehog, they just arent fast enough to get across the road and their dark colouration makes it hard to see them on the road at night.

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Skunks are the worst road kill because they must spray as they are hit you can drive past a skunk roadkill and still smell it for 4-5 days.

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