Did you know the tallest mammal in North America is also the largest species of deer in the entire world? Moose all fall under one species known as Alces alces , but there are several subspecies within the group. The largest of them is the Alaska moose ( Alces alces gigas), which can be 1.8 meters (6 feet) tall at the shoulder and weigh up to 725.7 kilograms (1,600 pounds). Larger than most humans, do we risk it all for a nice moose steak? The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

There’s evidence to suggest humans have been hunting moose for their meat since the last Ice Age (fingers crossed it tasted better than this 50,000-year-old bison stew ), and we don’t like to waste them. According to Oregon's Greenbelt Lan

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