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The moose is the official animal of [[Canada]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and the State of [[Maine]]. It is also the mascot of the [[Seattle Mariners]] baseball team, Monchegorsk in [[Lapland]] and the City of Dryden in [[Ontario]].<ref>http://www.cityofdryden.on.ca/max.shtml</ref> [[Toronto]] displayed and then auctioned over 500 moose statues in 2000, to attract tourists and generate funds for the Canadian [[Olympics]].
The moose is the official animal of [[Canada]], [[Sweden]], [[Norway]] and the State of [[Maine]]. It is also the mascot of the [[Seattle Mariners]] baseball team, Monchegorsk in [[Lapland]] and the City of Dryden in [[Ontario]].<ref>http://www.cityofdryden.on.ca/max.shtml</ref> [[Toronto]] displayed and then auctioned over 500 moose statues in 2000, to attract tourists and generate funds for the Canadian [[Olympics]].
Moose have been portrayed in films on occasion, with the opening sequence to the television series ''Northern Exposure'' being the most familiar to today's audiences.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E5Kzw7RMuU</ref> In the early 1960's the moose familiar to most Americans was Bullwinkle, star of Jay Ward's animated ''Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE</ref><ref>http://bullwinkle.toonzone.net/</ref>
Moose have been portrayed in films on occasion, with the opening sequence to the television series ''Northern Exposure'' being the most familiar to today's audiences.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E5Kzw7RMuU</ref> In the early 1960s the moose familiar to most Americans was Bullwinkle, star of Jay Ward's animated ''Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE</ref><ref>http://bullwinkle.toonzone.net/</ref>
Moose don’t usually thrive in captivity, but in South Portland, Maine, is the world's largest (and perhaps only) life-sized chocolate moose. He's called Lenny, is 8 feet tall and 9 feet long, and is made of 1,700 lbs of milk chocolate.<ref>http://www.lenlibby.com/lenny.htm</ref>
Moose don’t usually thrive in captivity, but in South Portland, Maine, is the world's largest (and perhaps only) life-sized chocolate moose. He's called Lenny, is 8 feet tall and 9 feet long, and is made of 1,700 lbs of milk chocolate.<ref>http://www.lenlibby.com/lenny.htm</ref>