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moose (alces alces) | ||||
subject | fact |
moose | can dive up to 5.5 m under water | |
can swim | ||
eats twigs, shrubs, tree bark in the winter; twigs, leaves, shrubs, upland plants, and water plants in the summer | ||
has colour dark brown, almost black, to reddish or greyish brown, with grey or white leg stockings | ||
has good hearing | ||
has good sense of smell | ||
has picture | ||
has poor eyesight | ||
has population between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in Canada | ||
has scientific name alces alces | ||
is eaten by wolf, cougar, wolverine, black bear, grizzly bear, human | ||
is a kind of deer | ||
may have parasites ticks, hydatids, meningeal worms | ||
weighs up to 600 kg | ||
deer | chews its cud | |
cloven-hoofed mammal | has Order name Order Artiodactyla | |
mammal | is warm-blooded | |
may catch rabies |
Kinds of moose :
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