The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-10-29
The Moose
BY J. NfACD. ANDERSON.

One often sees ok. bear, deer ans
buffalo and other game animals seem
irgly satisfied IN city parks aud zoos
tut one seldom il ever has seen q
fun grown moore IN captivity, They
| arc not found there because they arr
natures gypaies aud cannot live for
long IL confined they cannot roam
around and pick their own food they
win die IN u very short time, even il
carefully fed
| The moose is the largest Of the deer
family aud Is one Of the strongest
and most rugged Of North American
Wild animals In Yellowstone park
and IN the country adjoining, espe
cinlly near the headWatcrs Of tho Vel
lowstouo river, many mooao make
their home They are very homoly
animal, high IN tho front quarters,
with hump between their shoulders;
long, ungmnly legs. and a long head
with a Roman nose. They sometimes.
whom full grown. weigh over 1000
pounds and are between six aud sew.
en- fcot high at tho shoulders Ma.
ture has provided them with spread.
ing hooycs sl that they can walk
through deem mud without sinking
IN as fnr as solid hoofod animal
would, and powerful shouldaxs SO That
il can propcl itself through marshes
aud boys where II gets It's summer
food Moose generally live In
marshy country. They feed on lily
pads and bulbs In tho summertime.
often putting their heads under water
and browsing Off tho bottom Of ahal.
low ponds In winter they obtain
their food by eating willow twigA, fine
brush and the bark Of spruce trees.
can see places on spruce trees whore
tho chisgel.like lower teeth Of the
moose have peeled off tho bark.
The antlors Of the moose differ from
the deer and the elk In that they
have large palms or hnttencd places
IN them and the points, instead OF
being long, are quite short. They
are shed every year the same as
,thcr solid horned animals The nos
rIls are very large aud have a kind
II flap over them that closes down
when q moose has his head under
water. During the summer months
moose live in the water about as much |
IS they live on land and may be seen
,arly In the morning or late In the
Ifternoon lying In shallow pools.
I'M 1,aa mia nf xtffv
ranging below the neck that is
,nown as the bell. Sometimes the
ows have this appendage, but that
: rarely seen. When they get angry
hey champ their jaws and the long
lair raises on their backs, making
hem look very savage.
one day I'd was out in camp, and
eeing COW moose in meadow not
IT away. slowly walked toward her
, take a picture, when within about
30 feet OF the animal he suddenly
inc upon her calf, which was lying
ehlnd some buck brush. The calf
ecame frightened and gave n little
Iueal, whereupon the mother threw
p her head and started for I'd as
L
Ist MS she could run. Ed dropped
Is camera and ran for a small tree
hich he climbed Just In time to e.
lpe her sharp hoofs. She stood
lard under the tree for some time,
rking the ground with her hoofs
nd chanplng her jaws. After n
lille she moved away and Ed, think
& that she was going to leave, be-
IN to descend. AS soon as he moved
10 moose turned sharply and ran
wards the tree. Ed climbed the
zee again and waited quietly for
sarly two hours before the mother !.
Dose and her calf walked away into
Q timber. II Ed had been unable
} escape from the angry mother