The Canadian Wilderness A fascinating wilderness of excitement, animals, plants, and all sorts of trees

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The Bears of Canada  13,000 grizzly bears live in Canada, and thrive easily with grace  There are about 720,000 black bears in Canada  There are only 2,100 polar bears in Canada  The polar bear population could decrease as much as 30% of the population per year. To help fix this growing issue, please go to this site and donate for the bears across the world  Site: u

Canadian Moose  Life span of 15 to 25 years  The average moose weighs around 550 to 700 kilograms  Largest member of the deer family  Canada’s biggest hunting game  The flap of skin that hangs under a moose’s throat is called a bell  The antlers always weigh around 20 kilograms  Moose live in every Canadian province  Moose are very good swimmers and could easily swim 16 kilometers  They can run faster than 50 kilometers an hour easily  Moose rely on their keen sense of smell, because their eyesight pretty much sucks  The word moose comes from the Algonquin word mooswa, which means "twig-eater.”  Moose can feed underwater  Moose can dive five meters underwater for food  830,000 moose call Canada their home

Canadian Deer  Boys are normally referred to as stags or bucks  Girls are referred to as does or hinds  A young deer is usually referred to as a fawn or yearling  The average size of a litter is usually one or two yearlings  The name for a group of deer is a herd  The sound made by a deer is referred to as a bellow  Deer have compact bodies with long, powerful legs  Deer are excellent swimmers  Territory marked by leaving a strongly scented substance called a pheromone  Deer mainly consist of grass, plants, bushes, and small saplings  The origins of the name come from the Middle English word 'der' meaning beast and from the Old English word 'dor  Deer are members of the group Artiodactyle, which means that they are animals with hooves that have and even amount of toes  They adapt to just about any environment, therefore living in all of the Canadian provinces  Fawns get fed about six times a day  When deer feel threatened they raise their tails to warn other deer  Nobody knows how many deer are in Canada because there are tons