Wow your family, friends, and co-workers with these moose facts (or further their opinion of you as a nerd).

• Moose are the Largest Member of the Deer Family in the World
• The word “Moose” originates from the Algonquin Indians, and means “twig-eater”.
• In Europe and Asia moose are called “elk“.
• Moose can run up to 30 miles per hour.
• Male moose can stand as tall as 7 feet at the shoulder and weight 1800 pounds.
• Moose can live up to 25 years in the wild.
• Moose antlers can weight up to 75lbs.
• The flap of skin that hangs from the neck a moose is known as dewlap or “bell”
• Moose are cud chewers (four chambered stomach)
• Bull moose in the rut have been know to charge locomotives
• In parts of Siberia, Moose are prey to the Amur (Siberian) Tigers
• In parts of Alaska, Grizzly Bears have been known to take up to 50% of new born calves.
• Moose love bananas (look it up)>