Moose

Experience the impressive giant deer in the beautiful Elk Park. In the 1.4-hectare Elk Park, you will have a magnificent encounter with the amazing giant deer. You enter the Elk Park on the 140-meter-long walkway to meet and enjoy the elk up close. In the Scandinavian Wildlife Park, the elk enjoy life in the Nordic wilderness with trees, grass, rocks and a huge lake. The long-legged elk eats leaves The elk’s long legs enable them to reach up into the trees and eat lots of leaves. They also like to eat fresh shoots and herbs, but not nearly as much grass as many of the other deer species. If they live in an area where it is difficult to find food, they can also eat something very special. Elk are both good swimmers and divers, and they can easily dive for delicious aquatic plants in a lake. A moose cow with her calves Moose calves are born in May/June and weigh 10 – 17 kg at birth. However, the moose cow’s milk is very nutritious, and after the first 3 – 4 months the calves weigh up to 150 kg. And that is why a moose cow really has to eat a lot of food. A moose cow weighing 350 kg and with two calves has to eat around 30-35 kg of food a day, and she will not share the area where she finds food with any other moose. A moose cow therefore lives alone with her calves. Fortunately, the calves can already start eating when they are 1-2 weeks old, and with their long, soft muzzles they are soon able to choose the tastiest treats in the summer forest. Moose in Scandinavia The moose became extinct in Denmark about 5,000 years ago due to climatic changes, but it still lives in most of both Norway and Sweden and most of Finland. However, moose have swum from Sweden to Denmark.