{"id":28152,"date":"2023-06-01T15:29:22","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=28152"},"modified":"2023-06-01T18:27:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T16:27:51","slug":"poo-corner-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/2023\/06\/01\/poo-corner-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Poo Corner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-ccp-secondary-dark-color\">ID GUIDE<\/span> <\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\">Elk <\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/17b272ee-d188-400d-a7f5-1a112404734a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"265\" height=\"264\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">With a diverse diet of more than 80 different plant species, elk (known as moose in North America) droppings can vary in both colour and consistency. Their droppings are usually much drier in winter due to eating twigs and branches that are high in fibre, and looser in spring and summer thanks to consuming the new growth of plants. \u201cMoose poo consists of a pile of oval-shaped balls of undigested plant material the size of chocolatecovered almonds,\u201d says Mark Raycroft, author of <em>Moose: <\/em><em>Crowned <\/em><em>Giant <\/em><em>of <\/em><em>the <\/em><em>Northern <\/em><em>Wilderness. <\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"sans-serif article-byline\"><strong>Megan Shersby <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2023\/05\/2169cd13-afd7-4cde-95fe-c6707d8f24fe.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Don\u2019t mistake elk poo for chocolate-covered almonds!  <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"footer\">MOOSE POO: MARK RAYCROFT; MOOSE: PATRICK J. 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