There are an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 moose in Canada.
0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.
Every year, between 550 and 800 moose are killed on Alaska’s roads in collisions with motor vehicles.
Moose attack more people annually than bears and wolves combined.
When a French scientist wrote that American wildlife was physically inferior to European wildlife, Thomas Jefferson was so offended that he got a group of soldiers to find and send the scientist a bull moose from New Hampshire to prove the "stature and majesty of American quadrupeds."
In 2007, a 12 year old Norwegian boy named Hans Jorgen Olsen saved both himself and his sister from a vicious moose attack using skills he learned from playing World of Warcraft; taunt and feign death.
Currently, most moose are found in Alaska, Canada, New England, Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Scandinavia,
American Moose and European Elk are the same species and are only named differently due to language errors.
Most male moose will break off it's antlers after mating season to conserve energy for winter. They will regrow a new set each spring, which can grow up to an inch a day, making it one of the fastest growing animal parts.
The cells that make up the antlers of a moose are the fastest growing animal cells in nature.
In Alaska, there are laws against pushing a moose from an airplane, viewing a moose from a plane, and giving a moose beer.
0.3% of all road accidents in Canada involve a Moose.
Every year, between 550 and 800 moose are killed on Alaska’s roads in collisions with motor vehicles.
Moose attack more people annually than bears and wolves combined.
When a French scientist wrote that American wildlife was physically inferior to European wildlife, Thomas Jefferson was so offended that he got a group of soldiers to find and send the scientist a bull moose from New Hampshire to prove the "stature and majesty of American quadrupeds."
In 2007, a 12 year old Norwegian boy named Hans Jorgen Olsen saved both himself and his sister from a vicious moose attack using skills he learned from playing World of Warcraft; taunt and feign death.
Currently, most moose are found in Alaska, Canada, New England, Estonia, Latvia, Russia and Scandinavia,
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| Bull moose browses a beaver pond. By Walter Ezell, CC BY 3.0 Wikipedia Commons |
American Moose and European Elk are the same species and are only named differently due to language errors.
Most male moose will break off it's antlers after mating season to conserve energy for winter. They will regrow a new set each spring, which can grow up to an inch a day, making it one of the fastest growing animal parts.
The cells that make up the antlers of a moose are the fastest growing animal cells in nature.
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| Moose, Superior National Forest, Minnesota, USA |
In Alaska, there are laws against pushing a moose from an airplane, viewing a moose from a plane, and giving a moose beer.
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