https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200928638
I found this moose roaming around Kincaid Park in Anchorage, Alaska. I have family that lives in Anchorage, so we made moose scouting a family affair, and found this male having a snack. After some research, I discovered that the moose found in this region belong to the Alaska-Yukon race of moose and their scientific name is Alces alces gigas. A fun fact that I did not know, was that moose are the largest of all deer species and are herbivores (National Geographic). In general, moose tend to be pretty dangerous when approached and have been known to trample and ram people with their massive horns. A safety issue in places that have moose is them being hit by cars and going through windshields. For that reason, the pictures show the moose eating the trees, and I observed from a safe distance. Traditionally, moose have been hunted for their meat, hide, and antlers. The average set of moose antlers (only males grow antlers) weighs between 40-50 pounds, but the heaviest recorded weighed about 75 pounds (U.S. National Parks Service). They shed their antlers once a year. In fact, when moose are fully matured, their antlers may grow up to an inch a day which is roughly a pound of antler a day! Moose can be found across the State, but primarily in the main part of the State. They are not as common is Southeast Alaska, for instance, Revillagigedo Island, which Ketchikan is on, does not have any moose. On the other hand, Wrangell Island, which is home to Wrangell, Alaska, does have moose.
Works Cited
“Moose: Did You Know? (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/articles/moose-did-you-know.htm. Accessed 27 Feb. 2024.
“Moose: National Geographic.” Animals, National Geographic , www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/moose. Accessed 27 Feb. 2024.
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I’m sorry but I cannot see the moose part of this picture. I know it must be there because of the tracks in the snow, or at least was there, but I cannot see a head or tail or anything else that would give it away. As I’m no hunter and haven’t learned how to spot the less obvious parts of them that are distinguishable from the trees, I simply don’t see it. Also, that is a lot of weight on the top of your head to have to support with your neck, I don’t even like wearing a baseball cap.
I do agree that they are quite dangerous for herbivores; they can defend themselves from bears and other predators. Years ago, I had seen one leave the scene after getting hit by a vehicle on a 50mph limit road, but I don’t know what happened to it after that.
Great work, Elizabeth! Your write-up is personal but also contains scientific information about the species, and that information is almost always included with the source you got got the information from. That source information you included as parenthetical citations, and then gave full source information by correctly including a Works Cited. Excellent work!
I have some small comments that will help you correct some errors for future observations. Whenever you include information that you learned from an outside source, you need to include a signal phrase and/or parenthetical citation. For example, you share that "[t]hey shed their antlers once a year" but do not provide a signal phrase and/or parenthetical citation to let us know what that information came from.
In addition, you provide the parenthetical citation, but the information within the parenthesis does not directly connect to the source listed in the Works Cited. Remember: the information you include as the signal phrase or parenthetical citation has to be the first word(s) from the entry it corresponds to in the Works Cited. There are no sources that start with "National Geographic" or "U.S. National Park Service" in your Works Cited! So the parenthetical citation that connects to the source you found on the National Geographic website should actually be: ("Moose: National Geographic"). The other source would have a parenthetical citation that looks like this: ("Moose: Did You Know?"). As always, you can double check this sort of MLA formatting work on the owl.purdue website. Everyone should check their MLA format, as there are too many details to think you will remember in correctly from memory.
Thanks for sharing one of Alaska's big land mammals! Sitka does not have any, so I always enjoy seeing some of the critters from the mainland that we don't have here.
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