Moose Studies
Added 2025-01-20 06:25:54 +0000 UTCThis month's studies are more gesture gesture drawings than proper studies; I'm trying to be more careful about my time budget for these comics. For all intents and purposes, this type of study is more than enough to get the idea of what anatomy I'm working with.
Some Moose facts:
In Eurasia they are also referred to as Elk, while in North America "elk" refers to a wapiti. The term "elk" was originally used to describe moose, but was used to describe wapiti by north American settlers.
it is the tallest and second largest land animal in north america.
Orcas are considered to be one of their few predators.
They are a species of deer. I genuinely did not know that!
Growing antlers are covered in a "velvet," which contains blood vessels that nourish their growth.
Their upper lip is a prehensile proboscis.
Moose attack more people per year than bears and wolves combined, but the injuries are not typically severe. They can be aggressive, but do not tend to pursue an individual fleeing from them. They are second to the hippopotamus in causing the most injuries per year in the Americas.
They can kick sideways.
In 1907, a domesticated moose participated in a horse race in falun, sweden.
