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Moose are the largest living members of the deer family. They are a great symbol of unspoilt wilderness and in particular of the North American back country, where today almost 1 million roam . They can weigh up to 750kg, with antlers that can reach a span of over 2 metres. Exploited by man for thousands of years, they once provided food, clothing, and tools to many early societies. In some places moose were hunted to extinction, in others reduced to remnant populations, but they have managed to rebound with time. Their high reproductive rates and ability to disperse over wide areas, combined with their capacity to thrive on natural disturbance such as floods and fire have helped moose populations to persist and grow in places that man and other predators cannot. Today moose are found in North America, Russia, Asia and Europe.
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