OFF: Needle Moose

[Marshall Wood]

Daniel Wikdahl wrote:
>  Andrew A. Apold wrote:
> >What's the scientific name for moose?

"What do you mean - American or European moose?"

> Alces alces. But that's the European moose (i.e elk -not at all the same animal
> as the American elk which is a completely different animal. The European moose
> is smaller than the American version. But everything is bigger overthere
> -the trees, the moose, the bears, the people, the cars etc -so maybe the
> US/Canadian moose is called ALCES ALCES... I dunno... )

"You have to know these things when you're on the BOC-L
list, you know."

MWood