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From Lake to Land, in a Land of Lakes
Isle Royale is a perfect place for moose: Water in every direction; shores lined with pondweed, water lilies and other aquatic vegetation upon which moose feed; and nearby forests laden with other favored moose foods like the buds and twigs of willow, aspen, red dogwood and balsam fir trees.
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Scientists have studied moose and wolves on Isle Royale in Lake Superior for five decades.
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Aquatic macrophytes--large plants of lakes and ponds--are important in a moose's diet.
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The shores of Isle Royale are lined with the vegetation moose prefer.
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The Ojibwe people refer to the moose as "mooz," or "twig eater," for good reason.
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Briefly interrupted in a twig dinner, a moose surveys Isle Royale's landscape.
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