Thursday, November 11, 2010

Finding paragraph #1

                         When I was preparing for my research I had a few questions that needed answering.  I have come to a conclusion on some of them!  I found out about the food chain from The Alaskan Department of Fish and Game, what they eat and what eats them.  Moose are gentle giants, they are big even-toed herbivores!  Such a big animal, you would think that they would be meat eaters! No, according to Animal Corner, they enjoy twigs, horsetail, sedges, roots, pond weeds and grasses.  They eat many other plants as well. You can spot a Moose dining in the day and night, but mainly at dusk and dawn.  They also eat under the water, that's why they are always in water in most photographs.  Moose also have predators, in which THEY are the prey.  These predators are wolves and black and brown bears.  As soon as the Moose leave their winter dens, the bears hunt and kill the calves along with some adults.  On the other hand, wolves just kill them ALL year long whenever they get the chance. This limits Moose population.  So therefore we know about Moose predators and prey.


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