--- description: Moose helps itself to water from lawn sprinkler in Bear Lake, Utah. title: Presumptuous Moose Helps Itself to a Drink From a Lawn Sprinkler image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5518ed7197b91beb/6986a0231eebf7bbdd3724f9/screen-shot-2014-08-19-at-4-46-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Presumptuous Moose Helps Itself to a Drink From a Lawn Sprinkler by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2014 8:47 PM CUT  by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 19, 2014 8:47 PM CUT What’s this? Just a thirsty moose [taking a swig of water](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYV36j3K8QI&list=UUaJfU2vckQ9UrjLgq1zPMaQ "undefined") from somebody’s sprinkler in Bear Lake, Utah. Props to him for staying hydrated? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3145505/moose-drinks-from-lawn-sprinklers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3145505/moose-drinks-from-lawn-sprinklers/"},"headline":"Presumptuous Moose Helps Itself to a Drink From a Lawn Sprinkler","datePublished":"2014-08-19T20:47:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:34.597Z","description":"Oh sure, moose, go right ahead. Help yourself","url":"https://time.com/3145505/moose-drinks-from-lawn-sprinklers/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","Utah"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5518ed7197b91beb/6986a0231eebf7bbdd3724f9/screen-shot-2014-08-19-at-4-46-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5518ed7197b91beb/6986a0231eebf7bbdd3724f9/screen-shot-2014-08-19-at-4-46-55-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-08-19 at 4.46.55 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3145505/moose-drinks-from-lawn-sprinklers/","name":"Presumptuous Moose Helps Itself to a Drink From a Lawn Sprinkler"}}]}] ```