Animals in Minnesota
There are many animals in Minnesota. Most of them are dangerous, even though they are cute. I am writing about a moose, an American Black Bear, and the Virginia Opossum. If you want to learn more about those animals, then keep reading.
Moose are huge and heavy animals. They also have a few other names. The correct name for female moose is a COW, the male is called a bull, and the young moose is called a CALF. A moose is also called an elk. Adult males may weigh as much as 1500 pounds. Average weights for adult males are closer to 1000 pounds and 800 pounds for adult females. The largest moose live in Alaska. Moose are herbivores. They eat twigs, bark, roots and the shoots of woody plants. They prefer to eat willows and aspens. In the warm months, moose feed on water plants, water lilies, pondweed, and horsetails. In winter, and evergreen trees. A group of moose is know as a herd.some U.S states that moose live in include: Washington, Maine, mountains of Colorado, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, upstate New York, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wisconsin, Michigan and Wyoming. Moose can weigh between 500-1400 pounds, and can be 7ft- 10ft long. Moose are cool, but dangerous animals.
Most bears can be very dangerous. Black bears are excellent climbers. Their claws give them great grip, and the branches offer youngsters safety from predators. Cubs can be very adventurous, climbing high into the treetops. Black bears tend to shuffle along slowly when walking, but are able to run at speeds of around 40-50 kph. However, they cannot maintain this pace for long. According to Born Free USA, black bears can be legally hunted in 27 states in America, and between 40,000 to 50,000 bears are legally hunted there each year. An adult American black bear is around 240 pounds. American black bears are omnivores. Most of their diet is plant based. American black bears mainly feed on vegetation including herbs, grasses, roots, buds, shoots, honey, nuts, fruit, berries and seeds. They will also eat fish, small mammals, insects, dead animals and garbage. American black bears are very intelligent animals.
Virginia Opossums are very small animals. A Virginia Opossum’s lifespan is up to 4 years. A Virginia opossum has a pouch to carry its baby. The Virginia opossum is North America's only marsupial. A marsupial is an animal with a pouch, like a kangaroo or a koala. The opossum has been around for at least 70 million years, and is one of Earth's oldest surviving mammals! The Virginia opossum lives in a wide-variety of habitats including forests, open woods and farmland. It prefers wet areas like marshes, swamps and streams. A Virginia opossum female may have as many as 25 babies, but she usually will have between seven to eight. The reason opossums have so many babies to insure that some of them survive. Like most marsupials, opossums are very small when they are born. They are about the size of a navy bean. Virginia opossums are vicious animals.
These animals are very dangerous, but cute. If they were not so dangerous which one would you like to see?
