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Moose Fact Sheet: Moose
Fact Sheet
*The moose is the largest member of the deer family. Its scientific name is Alces alces. *Moose are for the most part sort of a brownish color, though they can range from light beige to almost black. *Moose are very large. It's best not to mess with them, especially during rutting season. *Each year in Alaska, there are more moose-related deaths than bear-related deaths. *Moose are herbivores, and it's a darn good thing they are. Otherwise there'd be even more moose-related deaths. *The moose is the official State Animal of Maine. *The moose is found all over the Northern Hemisphere, in Europe, Asia, and North America. *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. Indian." *The history of the name of the moose is confusing. Before the "discovery" of the New World, the Asian/European variety was called by names related to the English word elk. The North American elk, or wapiti, is an entirely different animal found only on this continent. So...ln Europe and Asia, an elk is a moose. In North America, an elk is a wapiti, and a moose is a moose. *The word "moose" itself is derived from the Natik word moos, itself supposedly descended from the Proto-Algonquian mooswa, meaning "the animal that strips bark off of trees." *Check out the following words for moose in different languages:
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