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Learn about the life cycle, purpose and types of moose antlers, the largest and most elaborate of the deer family. See photos of different stages of antler development and how they reflect the social status and age of male moose.
Jan 19, 2018 · Learn how moose grow, use, and lose their antlers every year, and how they affect their behavior and appearance. Find out how antlers are regulated by testosterone, how they attract females, and how they change with age.
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May 20, 2024 · Learn about moose, the largest members of the deer family, with distinctive antlers and black fur. Find out how moose live, feed, mate, and defend themselves in different regions of North America and Eurasia.
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Jan 6, 2023 · Learn about the biological marvel of antlers, how they grow, what they are for, and why moose and other cervids lose them every year. Find out how antlers differ from horns, how they affect mating and survival, and how to avoid getting tangled in them.
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- Antlers are not horns. A moose pair at Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge in northern Minnesota. Animals in the deer family grow antlers. Antlers are branched bones that are shed every year.
- Antlers are fast growing. A bull elk with short antlers covered in velvet. Antler growth is incredibly fast. In fact, antlers are the fastest bone growth in the world.
- Velvet can be itchy. A white-tailed deer buck rubbing antlers on a tree. Immature antlers are covered in skin with a short, dense fur called velvet.
- Antlers are used for saber rattling more than as a saber. Bull elk sparring at Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska. Antlers are costly to grow, but necessary during the deer breeding season or rut.
15 to 20 years. Size: Height at shoulder: 5 to 6.5 feet. Weight: 1,800 pounds. A moose swims across a mountain lake, reaching the shore alongside a forest. The moose’s antlers—which...
Dec 28, 2023 · USA TODAY. 0:00. 1:02. Canadian wildlife enthusiast Derek Keith Burgoyne was following three bull moose when he noticed one come to a dead stop and begin to shake. It was about to shed its...
