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Elk and Our National Parks
Florida Panther Gray Wolf Black Bear Grizzly Bear Polar Bear Lynx Moose Prairie Dog Red Wolf American Elk (Cervus elaphus) The American Elk ... Elk by european settlers because they looked like the elk or moose in Europe. However it has been shown that the American ... Bull moose antlers weigh 30 pounds and are usually shed in March or April. They start to regrow their antlers in May and the antlers stop ...
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Mooseworld, Mooseworld Book Shop
Indeed, the book ends with one of the best summaries of facts about moose antlers that we've seen. Here's a classic story book for children (reading level:4-8). And what fun for you too! If you give a moose ...
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National Geographic magazine: January 1999 @ nationalgeographic.com
These structures, referred to as coral ...
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AMC's A Mountain Classroom Enhances Natural Learning
While skins may start as curious fashion statements, with­in a short time students hefting moose antlers above their heads are making the connection between the antlers’ weight and the animal’s ... it takes to carry that rack, they quickly un­derstand how shedding its antlers for the winter helps a moose conserve energy. Each year, AMC’s A Mountain Classroom hosts nearly 4 ...
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NaturalHistory
MOOSE ARE BIG The Alaska moose (Alces alces gigas) is the largest member of the deer family in North America. Bulls shed their antlers ... smaller, usually weighing between 500 and 900 pounds, and have no antlers. MOOSE GlVE BIRTH EVERY YEAR. Gestation is about eight months, with ... may use its antlers to hold off a predator, a moose's sharp hooves are its first line of defense. Moose are able to ...
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Moose in our National Parks
Males have large antlers that spread as wide as 5 1/2 feet. You can see a good pair of antlers on the bull moose photo to the right. Moose have long legs that allow them to wade through the water and are good in the winter to get through deep snow. Moose ...
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Moose Facts
In North America, an elk is a wapiti, and a moose is a moose. The word "moose" itself is derived ... with "dog," the animal that barks. Only the bull moose has antlers, and they fall off every winter. The cow has better things to do than grow silly appendages. The last words of Henry David Thoreau are reported to be, "Moose ...
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Mooseworld, Moose Habitat
Moose Habitat Habitat Excerpted with permission from Moose Country: Saga of the Woodland Moose. Copyright ©1991 by Michael W. P. Runtz. Buy this book online from Boston Mills Press. By its body proportions, antlers ...
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National Geographic: Lewis & Clark—Animals—Shiras's Moose
Lewis & Clark—Animals—Shiras's Moose SHOWING RECORD: 4 of 6   Shiras's Moose Photograph from Tom Brakefield/Corbis Shiras's Moose Alces alces shirasi Subspecies of Moose May 10, 1805, at Milk River, Montana. Largest cervid in the world. Long, dark brown hair. High, humped shoulders; long legs. Male has massive palmate antlers ...
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Moose - Alces alces - NatureWorks
These fights rarely get too serious because the antlers could catch together and both moose could die. When mating season is over, the moose's antlers will fall off. Mice and other rodents will gnaw on the antlers because ...
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