What is special about Alaska is, of course, not Sarah 'It's all about ME' Palin, a woman so ambitious she could not even afford to complete her term of public office, but the immense wilderness and the creatures that live there. People living in Anchorage are lucky to have the conveniences of modern civilization and still encounter wild creatures like these twin moose calves enjoying a romp in the lawn sprinkler under the watchful eye of their mother just as human children would on a hot day. Thanks to the sensitive Alaskan who posted this wonderful video (music by Allison Krauss):