Moose Facts and Information

Moose can be easily identified from other deer thanks to their sheer size of hooves.
Although they have a respectable size and can run fast for short distances, moose fall prey to black/grizzly bears and wolves.Recent studies say that up to 75% of the newborn moose can be killed in their first eight weeks of life by bears.
These animals are usually solitary animals but the situation changes during the mating season.
They eat roots, birch and aspen twigs, willow, grasses and pond weeds along with insects, aquatic plants, lichens. Moose can feed underwater and they eat up to 20 kg of plants each and every day.
A male moose (bull) normally weights 540 up to 720 kg (approximately 1200 to 1600 lb) while the female moose (cow) weights 400 kg (about 880 lb).
The record for the biggest moose dates from 1897: 2.34m (7.7 feet) and an astonishing weight of 825 kg.
In North America there are about 800,000 – 1.2 million animals; every year almost 90,000 moose are killed by hunters. As you can see from the numbers, there are no endangerment problems.

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