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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>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 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> The 2003 Disney film ''Brother Bear'' has two moose brothers named Rutt and Tuke as comic relief major characters; both are respectively voiced by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, modeled off of the Canadian comic duo Bob and Doug McKenzie (also played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas).

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>

There are also Elk Lodges, which were founded earlier – [[The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks]] was founded in [[New York]] City in 1868, and was originally a society of actors and writers.

There are also Elk Lodges, which were founded earlier – [[The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks]] was founded in [[New York]] City in 1868, and was originally a society of actors and writers.

==See also==

==See also==