sentence: Females begin to have babies when they are between two and three years old.
sentences_before: Moose are active during the day. They live alone, but in winter they sometimes form small groups. Moose eat grass, leaves, twigs, willow, birch, maple shoots and water plants. After a pregnancy of 8 months, the female gives birth to one or two babies.
sentences_after: Moose usually live to fifteen years old, but they can reach as old as twenty-seven years old. A mother moose will aggressively protect her young. Their enemies are bears and wolves, who hunt moose calves.
concept_name: female
headings: Moose Life
categories: Deer Mammals of North America