Moose are mainly active at the crack of dawn and they spend the rest of their day laying in the grass. So if you wanted to see a moose, you would have to get up at 3 a.m.! But don’t fret! You will have a chance to meet him in the Las Odkrywców, as one guards the entrance to our restaurant.

Moose (Alces alces) are largest members of the deer family. This huge animal can reach 180 cm at the withers, be nearly 3 m long and weigh up to 800 kg! A real big guy!

Male moose, known as bulls, grow huge antlers that may be shaped like a shovel with small outgrowths or may be shaped like the palm of a hand with out-stretched fingers. Around the age of ten, a moose’s antlers alone can weigh up to 20 kg!

Moose are generally loners with the exception of female moose, known as a cows, which gather in small groups along with their young in the winter. Bulls join cows during mating season, but spend the rest of the year alone.

Moose can run at speeds of up to 60 km/hr! In addition, they are excellent swimmers. When searching for food, they can easily dive into waters that are several meters deep to reach the plants that grown under water.

In the summer, these herbivores mostly eat aquatic vegetation, but they also eat leaves, buds, shrubs, twigs, and grasses growing on the shores of water reservoirs.

Moose, unlike deer, are not timid. If you get close to them, which we do not recommend, they will not run away. At best they will slowly move out of your way.

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Remember—a male moose is a bull, a female is a cow. The young are called calves.

Psst!

Stand by our wooden moose. Do you think is it a bull or a cow? How tall are you compared to him?