[KristenG]

I thought I'd share a couple of pictures from my trips this summer.

This first one is of a big fella we ran into while camping in Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada.

The next pictures are from a recent trip to Michigan. They are from Mackinac Island, Taquamenon Falls, and the Pictured Rocks in Munising.

Kristen

[Rhia7]

Very Nice :)

[Bill]

Gorgeous town and great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

One question...is that a moose or an elk? :moose:

[Kevin]

That's a Moose.

[Geno Prussakov]

Very beautiful, Kristen! Thanks for sharing these!! :approval:

That's a Moose.
What's the difference?

Geno

[bettylou]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing these with us.

[Kevin]

There's actually a lot of differences. Geography is one.

To sum it up though, they're really just 2 entirely different species. Moose, I think, tend to be a little bolder when it comes to people.

[Geno Prussakov]

There's actually a lot of differences. Geography is one.

To sum it up though, they're really just 2 entirely different species...
Not that Wikipedia is an authority in zoology, but their article "Moose" article starts with:

The species Alces alces is called the moose (by North Americans; a name derived from Eastern Abenaki moz)[2] or the elk (by Europeans)... [source (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moose)]
...and further in the article they call the one that lives in Norway, Sweeden, Russia, etc "moose".

Geno

[Kevin]

Hmm. Interesting. That's not they way I understood it.

[Rhea]

That's a moose alright. Elk have swept-back antlers.

[Trust]

Oh, they're different:

Elk:
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS230US230&q=elk&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1

Moose (kinda goofy looking):
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS230US230&q=moose

[KristenG]

Thanks everyone.

Noth is right, it is a moose...at least we called him one. I didn't ask him if he considers himself a moose or an elk :)

I think I have some better photos of him, but they are in black and white and I don't have them back yet.

Kristen

[Geno Prussakov]

Oh, they're different:

Elk:
http://images.google.com/images?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS230US230&q=elk&oe=UTF-8&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1

Moose (kinda goofy looking):
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&rlz=1T4DKUS_enUS230US230&q=moose
In these pictures elk looks just like a huge deer (especially the shape of its horns). The Finnish elk (they do call them elk there), however, looks exactly like the moose in Kristin's picture... Interesting...

Yes, we do want to see more pictures of him (even if in black-n-white), K.!! Do post 'em when they are ready. Your pictures are just awesome!

Geno

[danay]

Hi Kristen, great pics. thanks for sharing! Makes me want to go on vacation.