Moose



==__CHARACTERISTICS__ - Moose are brown and very rarely white. An adult moose is taller than the tallest basketball player and can weigh up to 1800 pounds.It has a long snout with a big flat nose and floppy ears. The moose has a flap of skin under its chin. They are very well camouflaged because their antlers look like tree branches. They also have a keen sense of smell and they can hear our footsteps long before we can hear theirs.==

==Only male moose grow antlers and they grow and shed a set every year. They can get as large as a dinning room table. Moose antlers are made of solid bone, so they are very heavy. At first the antlers look like tiny knobs then they grow to their full size. The antlers are covered by velvet, the velvet contains tiny blood vessels that nourish the antlers and help them grow.==

==__BEHAVIOUR__ - Moose are shy, secretive animals and they duck out of sight whenever people are near. In winter moose dig in the snow with their hooves and noses to find plants that have been buried by the snow. Moose can swim for hours without rest. To eat plants at the bottom of a lake they fill their mouths then they surface to swallow their food. To eat plants in shallow water they plunge their long noses beneath the surface to find food and their ears remain out of water to listen for any sound of danger.==