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| | Wildlife Profile: Moose - N.H. Fish and Game |
 | | Moose are susceptible to a tiny parasite known as brainworm. |
 | | Moose is an Algonquin term for "eater of twigs." Moose are primarily browsers feeding on leaves, twigs, and buds of hardwood and softwood trees and shrubs. |
 | | Moose favor willows, birches, aspens, maples, fir, and viburnums, in the fall they begin feeding on the bark of some hardwoods, particularly maples and aspens. |
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