<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=420554014-28032005>After reading Scott's history story, I have come to the conclusion that it's been a long winter and Scott is suffering from a severe case of geyser deprivation. Perhaps after a long walk in the Upper Geyser Basin he'll feel better. :)</SPAN></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=420554014-28032005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=420554014-28032005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=420554014-28032005>Allan Moose</SPAN></DIV><BR> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> geysers-bounces@wwc.edu [mailto:geysers-bounces@wwc.edu] <B>On Behalf Of </B>TSBryan@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 25, 2005 6:22 PM<BR><B>To:</B> geysers@wwc.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Geysers] Interesting history<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>It is really amazing what you come up with in the leaqst expected places. Here's a bit of info I found, by accident, while researching the Wiley Camp (and finding that it is actually named aftrer Wiley Coyote, who frequented the garbage dump).</DIV> <DIV> <DIV>I thought you'd appreciate this bit of biological history.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Very few people know that moose (plural: mooses) and geese (plural: gooses) occasionally breed together. The offspring are not seen very often. This is believed to be because they realize that they are really odd looking beasts and they cannot stand being laughed at. However, invisible though they may be, their call is often heard. Keeping with their joint mooses-gooses heritage, their sound resembles a loud (indeed, raucous) "moot".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It is because this is heard at a place between Grand Teton and Yellowstone more often than anyplace else that that roadside turnout is named MOOT POINT.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Not much farther along the highway is another roadside turnout where, because the animal call is never heard, the name is MUTE POINT.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Really.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>TSB</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>