June 5, 2018 – This is an extremely rare sighting of moose triplets.

In Canada, a country known for its charismatic wildlife, seeing a moose is not uncommon. But seeing moose triplets rarely happens.

Last week, Canadian resident Randi Ingram spotted a mother moose and triplets marching through her backyard in Didsbury, Alberta. Even as a self-described “nature person,” Ingram had never seen moose triplets before, so she recorded the rare footage on her phone. (Watch: Are the moose of Norway running through towns on drunken rampages?)

“Me and my husband were pretty excited. It was just like overwhelming cuteness,” Ingram tells CBC News. “The mom was a twin that we have been watching for the last three years, and she finally had her babies, so it was really

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