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The Alaska subspecies of moose (Alces alces gigas) is the largest in the world; adult males weigh 1,200 to 1,600 pounds (542–725 kg), and adult females weigh 800 to 1,300 pounds (364–591 kg) [43] Alaska's substantial moose population is controlled by predators such as bears and wolves, which prey mainly on vulnerable calves, as well as by ...
The wolverine's questionable reputation as an insatiable glutton (reflected in its Latin genus name Gulo, meaning "glutton") may be in part due to a false etymology.The less common name for the animal in Norwegian, fjellfross, meaning "mountain cat", is thought to have worked its way into German as Vielfraß, [5] which means "glutton" (literally "devours much").
The Alaskan subspecies of moose (Alces alces gigas) is the largest in the world; adult males weigh 1,200 to 1,600 pounds (542–725 kg), and adult females weigh 800 to 1,300 pounds (364–591 kg) [17] Alaska's substantial moose population is controlled by predators such as bears and wolves, which prey mainly on vulnerable calves, as well as by ...
The designation does not apply in Alaska or Canada, where wolverines number in the thousands. ... The wolverine is the largest land-dwelling species in the mammal family called Mustelidae, making ...
The Alaska Zoo is a zoo in Anchorage, Alaska, located on 25 acres (10 ha) of the Anchorage Hillside. It is a popular attraction in Alaska, with nearly 200,000 visitors per year. [1] The zoo is currently home to more than 100 birds and mammals [1] representing some 50 species.
On my last Alaskan cruise, we sailed from Vancouver, and the city's scenic coastline was a perfect prelude to the rugged wilderness that lay ahead. Sailing the Inside Passage is always an exciting ...
Richard Louis Proenneke (/ ˈ p r ɛ n ə k iː /; May 4, 1916 – April 20, 2003) was an American self-educated naturalist, conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer who, from the age of about 51, lived alone for nearly thirty years (1968–1998) in the mountains of Alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near the shore of Twin Lakes.
The river was named in 1947, by Georg Gryc of the United States Geological Survey, from the Inupiaq word meaning "wolverine", [4] because a number of these animals were observed in the area. [ 5 ] The river valley is known to provide a habitat for a population of wintering moose and musk oxen . [ 2 ]