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==Moose in history==

==Moose in history==

According to the ''Life of Venerable Macarius of Unzha'', in 1439 the Miracle of the Moose saved the saint and his companions from starvation. While traveling, they ran out of food. They captured a trapped moose, but because it was a fast time Venerable Macarius made them cut its right ear off and release it instead of eating it, and told them the animal would come again at the Feast of St Peter and St Paul in three days’ time. When the day arrived, the moose duly returned in response to Macarius’ prayers, and surrendered itself for slaughter.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Moose</ref>

According to the ''Life of Venerable Macarius of Unzha'', in 1439 the Miracle of the Moose saved the saint and his companions from starvation. While traveling, they ran out of food. They captured a trapped moose, but because it was a fast time Venerable Macarius made them cut its right ear off and release it instead of eating it, and told them the animal would come again at the Feast of St Peter and St Paul in three days’ time. When the day arrived, the moose duly returned in response to Macarius’ prayers, and surrendered itself for slaughter.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_of_the_Moose</ref>

The [[astronomer]] [[Tycho Brahe]] had a pet moose. The moose appears in a correspondence between Brahe and Lantgrave Wilhelm of Kassel in [[Germany]], in which they discuss moose and reindeer. Brahe described how his tame moose had climbed the stairs of the castle of Landskrona, where he had taken it in order to entertain the lord of the castle. However, sadly, the moose then drank such huge quantities of [[beer]] that it fell down the stairs, broke a leg, and died.<ref>http://www.nada.kth.se/%7Efred/tycho/nose.html</ref>

The [[astronomer]] [[Tycho Brahe]] had a pet moose. The moose appears in a correspondence between Brahe and Lantgrave Wilhelm of Kassel in [[Germany]], in which they discuss moose and reindeer. Brahe described how his tame moose had climbed the stairs of the castle of Landskrona, where he had taken it in order to entertain the lord of the castle. However, sadly, the moose then drank such huge quantities of [[beer]] that it fell down the stairs, broke a leg, and died.<ref>http://www.nada.kth.se/%7Efred/tycho/nose.html</ref>

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 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 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>https://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>https://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>