The scientific name for the moose is Alces alces. It’s height at the shoulders can reach seven feet. An adult moose can weigh over one-thousand-three-hundred pounds and moose are the largest animals of the deer family with the largest antler worldwide. They are mainly solitary animals but sometimes two feed can along the same stream. Moose are excellent swimmers and can keep up a speed of 6 miles per hour. Both male and female moose reach reproductive maturity at the age of 2 years. Moose mate in fall in September and October and moose reach their reproductive peak at 4 or 5 years of age.
A moose’s survival needs consists of food, water, shelter, space and a comfortable temperature (23-80 degrees Fahrenheit). Their eating habits are eating lots of wood like bark, twigs, and roots. They prefer willows and aspens and when it gets warm, moose look for water plants like pondweed, water lilies, and bladderworts. Their eating habits change in the winter when they start eating needle-like leaves and conifers such as balsam fir. They like to live in early successional areas that have been logged or recently burned down. In winter they like areas where the snow is sixty to seventy centimeters deep. Moose usually stay in cool place because of their inability to sweat and large size. In the summer they can’t tolerate 80 degrees Fahrenheit, so they seek streams and ponds. Moose tend not to get preyed on but they are rarely preyed on when they are sick or when they are calves by grizzlies or wolves. Their niche is to eat the twigs and bark off trees which can damage trees and to kill and damage grass when they sleep. This destroys the grass’s niche and in turn they are not able to photosynthesise.Moose play an important part in the ecosystem in which they live in. Without them, things can go wrong.
A moose’s survival needs consists of food, water, shelter, space and a comfortable temperature (23-80 degrees Fahrenheit). Their eating habits are eating lots of wood like bark, twigs, and roots. They prefer willows and aspens and when it gets warm, moose look for water plants like pondweed, water lilies, and bladderworts. Their eating habits change in the winter when they start eating needle-like leaves and conifers such as balsam fir. They like to live in early successional areas that have been logged or recently burned down. In winter they like areas where the snow is sixty to seventy centimeters deep. Moose usually stay in cool place because of their inability to sweat and large size. In the summer they can’t tolerate 80 degrees Fahrenheit, so they seek streams and ponds. Moose tend not to get preyed on but they are rarely preyed on when they are sick or when they are calves by grizzlies or wolves. Their niche is to eat the twigs and bark off trees which can damage trees and to kill and damage grass when they sleep. This destroys the grass’s niche and in turn they are not able to photosynthesise.Moose play an important part in the ecosystem in which they live in. Without them, things can go wrong.
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