Since we moved back from Switzerland, much has happened and now this blog is undergoing a change as well. Instead of being the "Back in Sweden"-blog it will be a blog about our life here and now instead of my version of a guide to Sweden.
Awww...that's a little baby moose...here's the best we could come up with for comparison plus alittle FYI... The animal bearing the scientific name Alces alces is known in Europe as elk and in North America as moose. The name elk is connected with several earlier European variants—Latin: alces, Old Norse: elgr, Scandinavian: elg, and German: Elch—all of which refer to this animal.
Confusingly, the word elk in North America refers to the second largest deer species, Cervus canadensis, also known as the wapiti. Early European explorers in North America, who were familiar with the closely related but smaller red deer of Central and Western Europe, believed that the much larger North American animal looked more like the European elk (i.e. moose), so they named it elk.
Haha, ok, you Americans win when it comes to have the biggest of everything. Funny though that the "Scandinavian" name is elg, since we in Sweden (the biggest Scandinavian country, unless you have that in the US as well) spell it with 'ä', älg. :-)
This is how big the Swedish moose is.
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Awww...that's a little baby moose...here's the best we could come up with for comparison plus alittle FYI...
The animal bearing the scientific name Alces alces is known in Europe as elk and in North America as moose. The name elk is connected with several earlier European variants—Latin: alces, Old Norse: elgr, Scandinavian: elg, and German: Elch—all of which refer to this animal.
Confusingly, the word elk in North America refers to the second largest deer species, Cervus canadensis, also known as the wapiti. Early European explorers in North America, who were familiar with the closely related but smaller red deer of Central and Western Europe, believed that the much larger North American animal looked more like the European elk (i.e. moose), so they named it elk.
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Haha, ok, you Americans win when it comes to have the biggest of everything. Funny though that the "Scandinavian" name is elg, since we in Sweden (the biggest Scandinavian country, unless you have that in the US as well) spell it with 'ä', älg. :-)
We did find it on wikipedia...so it's probably all lies... ;) +W
Well, with wikipedia you never really know. Either way, both your one and our one are quite big, especially if you meet on of them live. :-)
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