What the difference between a moose and a caribou?

Answer 1

One of them is gay.

Answer 2

Moose wade in water to feed in summer while living on wetland trees like willow and birch in winter. They have palmate antlers that only the male bears. Moose are the largest deer species. They are not domesticated.

Caribou or reindeer are migratory boreal forest inhabitants that range into the arctic tundra during the summer where they give birth. They can be domesticated and in Europe few wild animals persist. Both sexes have antlers.

Answer 3

Moose are much bigger than caribou and their antlers are larger as well. Caribou females and males both have antlers while moose males only have antlers.
Reindeer that we see at Christmas are actually Caribou.

Answer 4

Moose are larger and have larger antlers. Caribou live in herds while moose do not. Both male and female caribou have antlers while only male moose have antlers.

Answer 5

a moose has a large thick neck and face - looks almost unbalanced in the front end - it grows quite tall (like over 6' at the level of their back) and has huge fan-like antlers. a caribou is larger and heavier than a deer,smaller than a moose, and their antlers are more deer-like - rather long and pointed - they kind of remind me of large reindeer.

Answer 6

Caribou is another name for a deer and a moose is bigger than a deer.

Answer 7

Caribou is like a deer..

Answer 8

the size moose is bigger
antlers moose has them showel shaped while carribou has the branch like antlers
moose is solitary, carribou lives in herds
moose inhabits swamp habitats and large forests with lakes, and is able of limited diving while carribou nourishes from lichen and moss.

Answer 9

caribou are actually elk, and did you ever read the book:
"antlers in the treetops" by hoogoose damoos?

Answer 10

The Great and Mighty Bullwinkle was a Moose.
Caribou is just a coffee.

Answer 11

caribou is more deer-like