Elk+Diet

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=Elk Diet=

Elk eat all types of plants but they primarily graze on grasses. They enjoy fresh leaves from trees. During the winter months they dine on the needles of shrubs, evergreens and twigs. They will also strip the bark off of aspen trees and eat the lichens that grow on them. They require lots of water and drink from mountain lakes and streams in the summer and eat snow in the winter.