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moose calf
subject			fact

moose calf	is helpless at birth
	is a kind of baby mammal
	is a kind of moose
	stays with its mother until she calves the following spring
	weighs 6-16 kg at birth
moose	can dive up to 5.5 m under water
	can swim
	eats twigs, shrubs, tree bark in the winter; twigs, leaves, shrubs, upland plants, and water plants in the summer
	has colour dark brown, almost black, to reddish or greyish brown, with grey or white leg stockings
	has good hearing
	has good sense of smell
	has picture
	has poor eyesight
	has population between 500,000 and 1,000,000 in Canada
	has scientific name alces alces
	is eaten by wolf, cougar, wolverine, black bear, grizzly bear, human
	may have parasites ticks, hydatids, meningeal worms
mammal	is warm-blooded
	may catch rabies
deer	chews its cud
cloven-hoofed mammal	has Order name Order Artiodactyla

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