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- An adult male may stand 1.4 to 2.35 m (4.6 to 7.7 ft) at the shoulder. The males bear enormous, broad, flattened antlers.
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- To reach low-growing plants or to drink from shallow pools, the moose must kneel.
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- The moose is the largest of the deer.
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- Elks are another name for moose.
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- Mooses are generally solitary, but during mating season bulls battle for cows, and their roars may be heard for great distances.
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- Once threatened with extinction, a ban on indiscriminate hunting has saved this endangered species.
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- The moose inhabits forests in Siberia, Sweden, Norway, and the Baltic region, and wooded areas of Canada and the northern United States.
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