Moose Fact # 8

In the next several days http://www.swampdonkeyadventures.com/ will be giving you a series of facts that you may or may not already know about moose. Please feel free to comment on any and all blogs

Did you know that moose have no upper front teeth! Instead they have a very tough tongue, lips and gums, which help when eating woody vegetation. Moose are Herbivores and eat many types of plants and fruits. Moose need to consume approximately 9500 calories a day to maintain its body weight so they are constantly browsing on non-grasses and Forbs.  A moose requires about 50% of its diet to consist of sodium, which they get from aquatic plants and salt that has accumulated on roadsides during the winter months.