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206 deal more aggressive. His horns are a foot long and he is quite an imposing young animal.

He likes to push and butt other yearlings and try his strength on various objects. His muscles are important, and he longs to use them. When he reaches his third year, he is a formidable looking animal with big shoulders and head and spreading antlers. The females have no antlers. Every year, he will lose his antlers and they will be replaced by larger and finer ones. This is the natural order of things in Mooseland, but the Moose seems as surprised as any one when this function occurs.

The Moose is a forest animal. It is found from the shores of the Arctic ocean to the Columbia River and eastward. It extends from latitude 65° southward through the provinces of New Brunswick, Quebec and Nova Scotia into Northern Maine. The voice is a deep, full bawl, ending in three or four short grunts.

A full grown male is as high as a horse. They have been known to reach seven feet at the shoulders.

His distinctive features are long ears—a long