Moose mama enjoying the autumn colors
We saw this female moose (pictured) and her baby in the marsh at Grand Teton National Park. My wife and I had visited many exotic places around the world in pursuit of interesting wildlife but this was (2015) our first visit to the Yellowstone area. I have to say, I was pleasantly surprised as it did not disappoint and we saw lots of big game (bison, bear, moose, elk, pronghorn, wolf). We were there in September and the Autumn colors were also spectacular. So by all means go to exotic lands, but some of the more familiar can aslo be worth a trip.

The moose or elk is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult male moose have distinctive broad, palmate antlers; most other members of the deer family have antlers with a dendritic configuration.
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