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To: Tenacious 1
"I suspect wolves. How has the wolf population done over the same period of Moose decline?"

If Minnesota is having a very cold winter with deep, drifting snow the the wolves will dine well on moose. On crusted wind-blown snow a wolf can glide over the snow while the moose has to plow through it. Wolves always dine best in winter.

40 posted on 03/06/2014 11:59:12 AM PST by WMarshal (Free citizen, never a subject or a civilian)
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To: WMarshal
It's no mystery. More grant money is needed to study a natural phenomenon that the left can't seem to understand and turn it into another global warming gravy train.
43 posted on 03/06/2014 12:24:54 PM PST by spawn44 (MOO)
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To: WMarshal
Plight of Minnesota moose not so dire as believed

So far, they said, a fifth of the adults have died — with predators, infections, parasites, or injuries listed as causes. And 74 percent of the calves died, a number that surprised researchers. The greatest number of calf deaths were attributed to wolves and bears. But another 11 died as a result of being collared: Nine were abandoned by their mothers, one died after the mother stepped on it during the collaring attempt, and the 11th died for unknown reasons.

http://www.startribune.com/local/245634081.html

54 posted on 03/06/2014 3:59:39 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad and lived with his parents .)
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